Glencoe Middle School

Glencoe Middle School is an intermediate school of small scale in Glencoe, Alabama, part of Etowah County, teacheing 272 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 46% leaner than typical.

Etowah County runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 8,739 students. Glencoe Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Glencoe Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Etowah County's rate of about 58%.

After controlling for student poverty, Glencoe Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 48.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Etowah County) shows that median household earnings sit near $54,563, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Etowah County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), Glencoe Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Glencoe High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Glencoe Middle School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Glencoe Middle School's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 272). The White share of enrollment contracted from 97% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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