Hanceville Middle School

Hanceville Middle School is one of the intimate middle-grades schools in Hanceville, Alabama, run under Cullman County, with 284 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Cullman County runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 9,901 students. Hanceville Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hanceville Middle School lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Cullman County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cullman County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hanceville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.2%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cullman County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,656, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Cullman County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,144 students), of which Hanceville Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Hanceville High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hanceville Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.6%.

Hanceville Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 287 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. The White share of enrollment rose from 68% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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