Erwin Middle School

Located at 532 23rd Avenue NW, in Center Point, Alabama, Erwin Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that caters to 585 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Jefferson County.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 55 schools and 35,444 students, Erwin Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Erwin Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Erwin Middle School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Erwin Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 13.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Erwin Middle School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

The closest other public school is Erwin Intermediate School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Erwin Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 43.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Erwin Middle School has declined 9%, going from 645 students in 2018 to 585 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 95% to 86% across the same window.

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