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Enrollment
438
Middle
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN CITY·NCES 010162000553
Gadsden Middle School
612 Tracy St, Gadsden, AL 35901 · (256) 547-6341 · Etowah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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
18.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
280 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 6 | 138 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 142 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 158 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Gadsden Middle School→Gadsden City High School
Based on grade levels within Gadsden City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
54.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
31.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Gadsden Middle School
Gadsden Middle School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadsden Middle School this school | 438 | 63.9% | 40.6% |
| South Girard School Phenix City | 501 | 60.5% | 34.3% |
| William L Radney Elementary School Alexander City | 414 | 70.0% | 50.5% |
| Fox Run School Opelika | 392 | 74.5% | 44.3% |
| Alexander City Middle School Alexander City | 430 | 72.8% | 33.8% |
| W F Burns Middle School Valley | 545 | 57.4% | 28.2% |
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 Gadsden Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Etowah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #132 of 260 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #97 of 260 | #2 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #141 of 260 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #139 of 265 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #149 of 244 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #32 of 246 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #99 of 264 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #128 of 151 | #4 of 7 |
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
438
0 (0%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 593
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 438 | 23.6 | 18.6:1 | 64% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 25.4 | 18.4:1 | 75% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 23.3 | 19.9:1 | 75% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 61% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 65% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 61% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 43 | 10.4:1 | 67% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 64% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 593 | 33 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gadsden Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (454 to 438); teachers down 13% (27 to 23.6).
About Gadsden Middle School
Gadsden Middle School is a middle school in Gadsden, Alabama, reachable at (256) 547-6341. The school's 438 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Gadsden City has 4,940 students spread across 12 schools.
The most common group at Gadsden Middle School is Black students, at 49%. Other groups make up 28% White and 19% Hispanic. Etowah County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.6:1. That is close to the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Gadsden Middle School reports 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Alabama public middle schools, Gadsden Middle School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Gadsden Middle School is 3.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.6% actual, 37.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
Etowah County census figures show that the median household income is $54,563, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 42 public schools in Etowah County, enrolling about 15,139 students in all.
Nearest public school: W E Striplin Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Gadsden Middle School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 438 to 438, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.6:1.
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Etowah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,105
Census ACS
Median income
$54,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
15,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gadsden City
- Gadsden City High SchoolHigh · 1,361 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- W E Striplin Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Eura Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Sansom Middle SchoolMiddle · 339 students
Other schools in Gadsden
- Gadsden City High SchoolHigh · 1,361 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- W E Striplin Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
- Gaston High SchoolHigh · 380 students
- Eura Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 340 students
Other Gadsden Middle schools
One other US public school is named Gadsden Middle. Gadsden Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- GADSDEN MIDDLEANTHONY, NM · 650 students
Nearby schools
- W E Striplin Elementary School0.1 mi · 400
- Etowah County Special Education Learning Center0.7 mi · 1
- Donehoo Elementary School1.7 mi · 225
- Gadsden City High School1.7 mi · 1,361
- Sansom Middle School1.9 mi · 339
- Floyd Elementary School2.0 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Gadsden Middle SchoolHow large is Gadsden Middle School?
Gadsden Middle School enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gadsden Middle School serve?
Gadsden Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Gadsden Middle School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Gadsden Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Gadsden Middle School?
Student demographics at Gadsden Middle School are roughly 28% White, 19% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Gadsden Middle School?
Gadsden Middle School is overseen by Gadsden City in Etowah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.