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Enrollment
717
Middle
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001017
Goodwyn Middle School
209 Perry Hill Rd, Montgomery, AL 36109 · (334) 260-1021 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL717 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Alabama public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
589 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 223 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 36% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
19.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
3.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Goodwyn Middle School
Goodwyn Middle School's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwyn Middle School this school | 717 | 82.1% | 11.7% |
| Erwin Middle School Center Point | 585 | 82.1% | 13.4% |
| Minor Middle School Adamsville | 668 | 76.3% | 14.7% |
| CL Scarborough Model Middle School Mobile | 641 | 86.1% | 22.6% |
| Westlawn Middle School Tuscaloosa | 568 | 87.9% | 19.4% |
| Brewbaker Middle School Montgomery | 806 | 79.8% | 15.4% |
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 Goodwyn Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #255 of 260 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.7% | #241 of 260 | #8 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #257 of 260 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 717 | #57 of 265 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #181 of 244 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #195 of 246 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #40 of 264 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.3% | #13 of 79 | #2 of 6 |
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
717
-249 (-26%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 851
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 717 | 37 | 19.4:1 | 82% (589) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 34 | 22.3:1 | 84% (633) |
| 2022-23 | 808 | 38 | 21.3:1 | 84% (676) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 39 | 24.8:1 | 84% (808) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 84% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 64% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | 76% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 51% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 851 | 46 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goodwyn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (534 to 717); teachers up 32% (28 to 37).
About Goodwyn Middle School
Students in Montgomery, Alabama, attend Goodwyn Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. It reported 717 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Alabama have about 508 students on average; enrollment here is 41% higher.
Montgomery County oversees Goodwyn Middle School and 50 other schools, with 26,958 students in total.
Black students are 83% of those enrolled at Goodwyn Middle School. The next largest groups are 12% Hispanic and 4% White. In Montgomery County overall, about 59% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at Goodwyn Middle School are from different groups.
Goodwyn Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. The school's 19.4:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for middle schools in Alabama. The school has 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 67% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 15 points.
Goodwyn Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 0% of Alabama public middle schools.
Goodwyn Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 11.7% is 12.6 points below the 24.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The county, Montgomery County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $59,386 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Montgomery County has 60 public schools with about 31,131 students, including Goodwyn Middle School.
About 0.7 miles separate Goodwyn Middle School from the closest public school, Dalraida Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Goodwyn Middle School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 249 students, from 966 to 717. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.8:1 to 19.4:1.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Nearby schools
- Dalraida Elementary School0.7 mi · 711
- Flowers Elementary School1.0 mi · 387
- Morningview Elementary School1.4 mi · 434
- Capitol Heights Middle School1.5 mi · 593
- Percy Julian High School1.5 mi · 1,282
- Dozier Elementary School2.0 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Goodwyn Middle SchoolHow many students attend Goodwyn Middle School?
Goodwyn Middle School enrolls approximately 717 students in grades 06-08.
Is Goodwyn Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Goodwyn Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Goodwyn Middle School have?
Goodwyn Middle School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Goodwyn Middle School?
At Goodwyn Middle School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 12% Hispanic, 83% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Goodwyn Middle School in?
Goodwyn Middle School is part of Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.