Cleburne County Middle School

Cleburne County Middle School is a modestly sized 6-8 campus in Heflin, Alabama, overseen by Cleburne County. The school teaches 243 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 52% smaller than typical.

Cleburne County Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Cleburne County, a district that works with 2,490 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Cleburne County Middle School logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Cleburne County Middle School shows 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cleburne County Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 49.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Cleburne County reports that median household income runs about $55,345, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Cleburne County Middle School is one of 9 public schools in Cleburne County (combined enrollment of about 2,490 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cleburne County Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cleburne County Middle School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 253 students in 2018 compared to 243 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.