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Enrollment
513
Middle
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUTLER COUNTY·NCES 010051000228
Greenville Middle School
300 Overlook Rd, Greenville, AL 36037 · (334) 382-3450 · Butler County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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
19.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
394 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 5 | 133 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 28% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Greenville Middle School→Greenville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Butler County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
6.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Greenville Middle School
Greenville Middle School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Middle School this school | 513 | 76.8% | 20.6% |
| Dothan 6th Grade Center Dothan | 449 | 78.6% | 18.1% |
| Moorer Middle School Eufaula | 495 | 75.4% | 30.7% |
| i3 Academy Phase 2 Birmingham | 400 | 73.0% | 23.7% |
| Minor Middle School Adamsville | 668 | 76.3% | 14.7% |
| Anniston Middle School Anniston | 357 | 81.5% | 14.2% |
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 Greenville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #220 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #223 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #218 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #109 of 265 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #169 of 244 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #148 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #54 of 264 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #42 of 151 |
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
513
-128 (-20%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 1,094
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 513 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 77% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 90% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 26 | 22.4:1 | 90% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 27 | 23.7:1 | 86% (550) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 27 | 23.7:1 | 85% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 32 | 20.4:1 | 87% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 78% (582) |
| 2000-01 | 813 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 78% (636) |
| 1990-91 | 1,094 | 50 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (639 to 513); teachers unchanged (27 to 27).
About Greenville Middle School
This page covers Greenville Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in Greenville, Alabama. The school has 513 students in 2024-25 across grades 5 through 8.
Federal data list 6 schools in Butler County, with 2,699 students enrolled.
The share of Black students at Greenville Middle School is 73%, a majority. Other students are 22% White and 3% Hispanic. That is higher than the 45% Black share among all Butler County residents. A diversity index of 42% means there is a 42% chance two randomly chosen students at Greenville Middle School are from different groups.
Greenville Middle School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.0:1. The school's 19.0:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for middle schools in Alabama. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%.
On the allk12 Grade, Greenville Middle School lands at D, ahead of 14% of Alabama public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Greenville Middle School, the prediction is 28.2% and the result is 20.6%.
In the surrounding county, Butler County, the median household earns about $44,755 a year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Greenville Middle School, Butler County has 7 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Greenville Middle School is closest to Greenville Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Greenville Middle School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Greenville Middle School ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 20.6% versus a 23.3% average.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 20% decline, from 641 to 513. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.7:1 to 19.0:1.
The allk12 page for Greenville Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,630
Census ACS
Median income
$44,755
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,699 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Butler County
- WO Parmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Greenville High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- McKenzie High SchoolCombined · 487 students
- Georgiana SchoolCombined · 377 students
- Greenville Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Butler County Area Vocational SchoolHigh
Other schools in Greenville
- WO Parmer Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
- Greenville High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Greenville Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
- Butler County Area Vocational SchoolHigh
Other Greenville Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Greenville Middle. Greenville Middle School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Greenville Middle SchoolGREENVILLE, MI · 797 students
- Greenville Middle SchoolGREENVILLE, TX · 771 students
- Greenville MiddleGreenville, WI · 754 students
- Greenville Middle SchoolGreenville, OH · 658 students
- GREENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLGREENVILLE, NY · 237 students
Nearby schools
- Greenville Elementary School0.3 mi · 268
- WO Parmer Elementary School0.3 mi · 528
- Greenville High School1.6 mi · 526
- Lowndes County Middle School10.6 mi · 104
- Fort Deposit Elementary School10.8 mi · 186
- Georgiana School15.7 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About Greenville Middle SchoolHow many students attend Greenville Middle School?
Greenville Middle School enrolls approximately 513 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Greenville Middle School serve?
Greenville Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Greenville Middle School have?
Greenville Middle School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
How diverse is Greenville Middle School?
Greenville Middle School reports a student body of 22% White, 3% Hispanic, 73% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Greenville Middle School?
Greenville Middle School is overseen by Butler County in Butler County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.