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Enrollment
775
Middle
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN COUNTY·NCES 010027000059
Fairhope Middle School
Two Pirate Drive, Fairhope, AL 36532 · (251) 928-2573 · Baldwin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL775 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Alabama public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
211 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 7 | 405 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 370 | 48% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
77.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
62.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Fairhope Middle School
Fairhope Middle School's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhope Middle School this school | 775 | 27.2% | 68.9% |
| Chelsea Middle School Chelsea | 831 | 29.0% | 62.3% |
| Helena Middle Helena | 957 | 27.5% | 55.5% |
| Daphne Middle School Daphne | 861 | 30.7% | 52.8% |
| Homewood Middle School Homewood | 1,000 | 28.3% | 72.8% |
| Springville Middle School Springville | 723 | 28.4% | 51.4% |
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 Fairhope Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Baldwin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #18 of 260 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #11 of 260 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #32 of 260 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 775 | #39 of 265 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #47 of 244 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #154 of 246 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #250 of 264 | #8 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #75 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
775
+123 (+19%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 955
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 775 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 27% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 727 | 47 | 15.5:1 | 36% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 48.4 | 16.1:1 | 33% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 30% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 871 | 41 | 21.2:1 | 33% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 37 | 20.9:1 | 28% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 42 | 16.5:1 | 27% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 20% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 955 | 52 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairhope Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (871 to 775); teachers up 20% (41 to 49).
About Fairhope Middle School
Fairhope Middle School is a large middle school with an address in Fairhope, Alabama. The school covers grades 7 through 8 and reported 775 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 53% above the 508-student average for middle schools in Alabama.
Fairhope Middle School is one of 42 schools in Baldwin County, which enrolls 31,965 students in total.
More than half of the students at Fairhope Middle School are White (77%). Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fairhope Middle School scores 40%.
For every teacher at Fairhope Middle School, there are about 15.8 students; the school has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Alabama average 17.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 27%. Across public schools in Baldwin County, the average is 40%.
Fairhope Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 89% of Alabama public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.2%.
In the wider Baldwin County area, median household income comes to about $78,775, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Baldwin County counts 51 public schools with about 35,975 students.
Fairhope High School is the nearest public school to Fairhope Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Fairhope Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Fairhope Middle School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 775, from 652 in 2020-21.
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Baldwin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,989
Census ACS
Median income
$78,775
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
35,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin County
- Daphne High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Foley High SchoolHigh · 1,520 students
- Robertsdale High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Robertsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Fairhope
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Fairhope West ElementaryElementary · 972 students
- Fairhope East ElementaryElementary · 913 students
- J Larry Newton SchoolElementary · 804 students
Nearby schools
- Fairhope High School0.2 mi · 1,536
- J Larry Newton School2.1 mi · 804
- Fairhope East Elementary2.2 mi · 913
- Fairhope West Elementary2.7 mi · 972
- Baldwin County Virtual School6.2 mi · 298
- W J Carroll Intermediate School6.8 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About Fairhope Middle SchoolHow large is Fairhope Middle School?
Fairhope Middle School enrolls approximately 775 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Fairhope Middle School serve?
Fairhope Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Fairhope Middle School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Fairhope Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairhope Middle School?
At Fairhope Middle School, the student body is approximately 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Fairhope Middle School public or private?
Fairhope Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baldwin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.