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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Grand Bay Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
751
Middle
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOBILE COUNTY·NCES 010237000938
Grand Bay Middle School
12800 Cunningham Rd, Grand Bay, AL 36541 · (251) 865-6511 · Mobile County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL751 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Alabama public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
18.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
449 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 237 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 35% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
49.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
20.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Grand Bay Middle School
Grand Bay Middle School's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Bay Middle School this school | 751 | 59.8% | 36.9% |
| Duran Junior High School Pell City | 601 | 58.9% | 35.6% |
| Williams Intermediate School Pell City | 598 | 62.0% | 49.4% |
| Moulton Middle School Moulton | 505 | 53.5% | 34.5% |
| Collins Intermediate School Scottsboro | 538 | 53.9% | 57.7% |
| Clanton Intermediate School Clanton | 630 | 60.0% | 42.7% |
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 Grand Bay Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Mobile County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #154 of 260 | #8 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #149 of 260 | #8 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #163 of 260 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 751 | #47 of 265 | #5 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #157 of 244 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #145 of 246 | #12 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #123 of 264 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #77 of 151 | #11 of 14 |
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
751
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 909
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 751 | 40 | 18.8:1 | 60% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 39 | 19.3:1 | 64% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 40 | 19.9:1 | 64% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 782 | 39 | 20.1:1 | 64% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 843 | 41 | 20.6:1 | 64% (540) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 38 | 21.7:1 | 39% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 63 | 12.6:1 | 58% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 37 | 20.2:1 | 57% (424) |
| 1990-91 | 909 | 47 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Bay Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (843 to 751); teachers down 2% (41 to 40).
About Grand Bay Middle School
In Grand Bay, Alabama, part of Mobile County, Grand Bay Middle School is a middle-grades school. It enrolled 751 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Alabama average about 508 students each.
Grand Bay Middle School is one school in an 85-school district, Mobile County, which enrolls 49,946 students.
A majority of students at Grand Bay Middle School, 74%, are White. The next largest groups are 13% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 19 points above the 56% share among Mobile County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Grand Bay Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 43%.
Federal staffing data show 40 full-time-equivalent teachers at Grand Bay Middle School and a ratio of 18.8:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 60% of enrollment.
Grand Bay Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of Alabama public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Grand Bay Middle School is 3.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
Mobile County has about 412,590 residents, and median household income is about $58,880, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Mobile County number 107 and enroll about 59,070.
The school nearest to Grand Bay Middle School is Cora Castlen Elementary, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within five miles of Grand Bay Middle School, there are 4 other public schools. Grand Bay Middle School is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Grand Bay Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Grand Bay Middle School went from 782 students to 751. The ratio was 20.1:1 in 2020-21 and 18.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Mobile County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,590
Census ACS
Median income
$58,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
107
59,070 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mobile County
- Baker High SchoolHigh · 2,271 students
- Mary G Montgomery High SchoolHigh · 1,888 students
- Alma Bryant High SchoolHigh · 1,624 students
- WP Davidson High SchoolHigh · 1,470 students
- Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,339 students
- Theodore High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
Other schools in Grand Bay
- Breitling Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Cora Castlen ElementaryElementary · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Cora Castlen Elementary0.3 mi · 423
- Breitling Elementary School2.6 mi · 471
- Anna F Booth Elementary School4.1 mi · 391
- Alma Bryant High School4.7 mi · 1,624
- Dixon Elementary School6.4 mi · 526
- Saint Elmo Elementary School6.4 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Bay Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grand Bay Middle School?
Grand Bay Middle School enrolls approximately 751 students in grades 06-08.
Is Grand Bay Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grand Bay Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Grand Bay Middle School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Grand Bay Middle School.
How diverse is Grand Bay Middle School?
Grand Bay Middle School reports a student body of 74% White, 4% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Grand Bay Middle School public or private?
Grand Bay Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mobile County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.