Enrollment
291
Middle
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULLMAN COUNTY·NCES 010102000400
Fairview Middle School
841 Welcome Rd, Cullman, AL 35058 · (256) 796-0883 · Cullman County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 71% of Alabama public middle schools
- B+Test 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
20.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
147 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 6 | 99 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 92 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 34% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
67.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
29.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
50.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Fairview Middle School
Fairview Middle School's state test result (50.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Middle School this school | 291 | 50.5% | 50.6% |
| Haleyville Middle School Haleyville | 348 | 56.9% | 53.0% |
| Scottsboro Junior High School Scottsboro | 356 | 47.8% | 47.2% |
| New Brockton Middle School New Brockton | 360 | 56.1% | 42.4% |
| Ashville Middle School Ashville | 371 | 54.7% | 45.8% |
| Elberta Middle School Elberta | 276 | 42.8% | 64.2% |
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 Fairview Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Cullman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #81 of 260 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #103 of 260 | #5 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #74 of 260 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #214 of 265 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #211 of 244 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.9% | #170 of 246 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #175 of 264 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #78 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
291
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 309
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 291 | 14.3 | 20.3:1 | 51% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 14.3 | 19.6:1 | 64% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 14.9 | 20.5:1 | 64% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 13 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 14.6 | 22.3:1 | 59% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 16 | 18.0:1 | 53% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 320 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 61% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 309 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 45% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fairview Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (326 to 291); teachers down 2% (14.6 to 14.3).
About Fairview Middle School
Fairview Middle School is a middle school in Cullman, Alabama, according to federal school records. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 291 students. The school is 43% below the average for middle schools in Alabama.
Cullman County oversees Fairview Middle School and 24 other schools, with 9,901 students in total.
The largest group at Fairview Middle School is White students, at 78%. Other students are 19% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Cullman County residents are about 91% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fairview Middle School scores 36%.
The school has 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 20.3 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in Alabama average 17.9:1. Of all students at Fairview Middle School, 51% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Fairview Middle School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 71% of Alabama public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Fairview Middle School is 3.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 50.6% actual, 47.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
In the wider Cullman County area, the median household earns about $62,656 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Cullman County, 34 public schools serve about 13,144 students.
Among nearby public schools, Fairview High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Fairview Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Fairview Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Fairview Middle School had 292 students in 2020-21 and 291 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.5:1 to 20.3:1.
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Cullman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,566
Census ACS
Median income
$62,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,144 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cullman County
- Hanceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Holly Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 591 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Cold Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Cullman
- Cullman High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Cullman City Primary SchoolElementary · 782 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 591 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- West Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Other Fairview Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Fairview Middle. Fairview Middle School is the 6th largest of the 8.
- FAIRVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLTALLAHASSEE, FL · 735 students
- Fairview Middle SchoolFairview, PA · 633 students
- Fairview Middle SchoolBREMERTON, WA · 620 students
- Fairview Middle SchoolFairview, TN · 540 students
- Fairview MiddleGonzales, CA · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview High School0.0 mi · 512
- Fairview Elementary School0.1 mi · 601
- Parkside Elementary School4.5 mi · 379
- Holly Pond High School6.7 mi · 278
- Holly Pond Elementary School6.7 mi · 634
- Eva School7.0 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About Fairview Middle SchoolHow large is Fairview Middle School?
Fairview Middle School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fairview Middle School serve?
Fairview Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Fairview Middle School have?
Fairview Middle School employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Fairview Middle School?
At Fairview Middle School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is Fairview Middle School public or private?
Fairview Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cullman County.
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