Columbiana Middle School

Columbiana Middle School operates as a modestly sized junior high in Columbiana, Alabama, run under Shelby County. Current enrollment sits at 428 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Shelby County comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 20,638 students; Columbiana Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Columbiana Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Columbiana Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household earnings sit near $97,961, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Shelby County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students), Columbiana Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Shelby County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Columbiana Middle School. On composite proficiency, Columbiana Middle School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

Columbiana Middle School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Columbiana Middle School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 447 (now 428). The White share of enrollment declined from 82% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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