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What's one thing Eclectic Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
468
Middle
DISTRICT 679 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMORE COUNTY·NCES 010129001432
Eclectic Middle School
170 South Ann St, Eclectic, AL 36024 · (334) 541-2131 · Elmore County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
219 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 118 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 127 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 24% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
64.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
28.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Eclectic Middle School
Eclectic Middle School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eclectic Middle School this school | 468 | 46.8% | 49.5% |
| Alexandria Middle School Alexandria | 503 | 51.7% | 49.9% |
| Headland Middle School Headland | 580 | 43.8% | 54.7% |
| Marbury Middle School Marbury | 422 | 40.3% | 41.0% |
| Holtville Middle School Deatsville | 632 | 42.6% | 56.4% |
| West Point Middle School Vinemont | 397 | 48.9% | 50.5% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Eclectic Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Elmore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #87 of 260 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #109 of 260 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #92 of 260 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #124 of 265 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #185 of 244 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #186 of 246 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #193 of 264 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #95 of 151 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
468
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-3% since 2010-11, when it was 484
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 47% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 23 | 19.5:1 | 56% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 56% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 41% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 23 | 22.1:1 | 50% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 25 | 20.1:1 | 59% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 54% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eclectic Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (509 to 468); teachers up 4% (23 to 24).
About Eclectic Middle School
Eclectic Middle School is a middle school in Eclectic, Alabama, reachable at (334) 541-2131. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 468 students.
Federal data list 16 schools in Elmore County, with 11,741 students enrolled.
White students are the large majority at Eclectic Middle School, with 81% of enrollment. Other groups make up 11% Black and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 73% of Elmore County residents are White. By the diversity index, Eclectic Middle School comes in at 32%.
Eclectic Middle School employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 19.5:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. Eclectic Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 47%. That is close to the 47% average for public schools in Elmore County.
The model predicts 50.0% for a school in Alabama with Eclectic Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Eclectic Middle School posts 49.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Elmore County show that median household income is about $78,243, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Eclectic Middle School is one of 26 public schools in Elmore County, which together enroll about 13,867 students.
The closest other public school is Elmore County High School, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Eclectic Middle School is behind the 51.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 479 in 2020-21 and 468 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 19.5:1, from 18.4:1.
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Elmore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
89,526
Census ACS
Median income
$78,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmore County
- Wetumpka High SchoolHigh · 1,219 students
- Stanhope Elmore High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Millbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,071 students
- Holtville Elementary SchoolElementary · 877 students
- Wetumpka Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Coosada Elementary SchoolElementary · 797 students
Other schools in Eclectic
- Eclectic Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Elmore County High SchoolHigh · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Elmore County High School0.2 mi · 494
- Eclectic Elementary School0.5 mi · 689
- Tallassee Elementary School9.4 mi · 609
- Redland Elementary School9.9 mi · 730
- Tallassee High School10.0 mi · 474
- Southside Middle School10.7 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Eclectic Middle SchoolHow many students attend Eclectic Middle School?
Eclectic Middle School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Eclectic Middle School serve?
Eclectic Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Eclectic Middle School?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Eclectic Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eclectic Middle School?
At Eclectic Middle School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 1% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Eclectic Middle School public or private?
Eclectic Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elmore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.