Cullman Middle School

Cullman Middle School is one of the mid-sized middle-grades schools in Cullman, Alabama, operated by Cullman City, with 491 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8.

Cullman City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,243 students. Cullman Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cullman Middle School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cullman Middle School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 31% of students at Cullman Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Cullman County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, Cullman Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cullman County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,656 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cullman County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,144 students), of which Cullman Middle School is one.

Cullman High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cullman Middle School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Cullman Middle School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 491). The White share of enrollment shrank from 88% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Cullman Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.