D A Smith Middle School

D A Smith Middle School is the name of a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Ozark, Alabama. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 388 students. That puts enrollment 24% below the 508-student average for middle schools in Alabama.

Enrollment across the 4 schools in Ozark City totals 1,905 students.

The share of Black students at D A Smith Middle School is 55%, a majority. After that, the student body is 30% White, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Dale County is about 20% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.

Based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, D A Smith Middle School has a ratio of 14.4:1. Across middle schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.9:1. Income data for the school show 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.4% at D A Smith Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.4%.

Census data for Dale County show median household income comes to about $54,963, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting D A Smith Middle School, Dale County has 18 public schools.

Harry N Mixon Intermediate School is about 1.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts D A Smith Middle School at 5th of 8.

The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).

In 2020-21, D A Smith Middle School enrolled 463 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 388. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.5:1 in 2020-21 to 14.4:1 in 2024-25.

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