Enrollment
284
Middle
DISTRICT 315 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CULLMAN COUNTY·NCES 010102000420
Hanceville Middle School
805 Commercial St SE, Hanceville, AL 35077 · (256) 352-6175 · Cullman County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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
16.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
175 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 90 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
49.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Hanceville Middle School
Hanceville Middle School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanceville Middle School this school | 284 | 61.6% | 36.5% |
| Stevenson Middle School Stevenson | 235 | 61.3% | 44.1% |
| Haleyville Middle School Haleyville | 348 | 56.9% | 53.0% |
| New Brockton Middle School New Brockton | 360 | 56.1% | 42.4% |
| Columbiana Middle School Columbiana | 428 | 62.9% | 39.7% |
| Ashville Middle School Ashville | 371 | 54.7% | 45.8% |
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 Hanceville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Cullman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #155 of 260 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #132 of 260 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #167 of 260 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #217 of 265 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #76 of 244 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #142 of 246 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #113 of 264 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #147 of 151 | N/A |
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
284
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 284 | 16.9 | 16.8:1 | 62% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 17.4 | 18.5:1 | 77% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 17 | 17.9:1 | 77% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 283 | 16 | 17.7:1 | 51% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 15.1 | 19.0:1 | 66% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 15 | 18.9:1 | 65% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 23 | 12.5:1 | 77% (222) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 14 | 20.9:1 | 47% (139) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hanceville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (287 to 284); teachers up 12% (15.1 to 16.9).
About Hanceville Middle School
Hanceville Middle School is a small middle-grades school for students in Hanceville, Alabama. It teaches 284 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Alabama enroll about 508 students on average.
Cullman County (25 schools, 9,901 students) runs Hanceville Middle School.
Of every 100 students at Hanceville Middle School, about 73 are White. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Cullman County, the White share is about 91%. The diversity index for Hanceville Middle School is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.8:1. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama is 1.1 students per teacher. By family income, 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cullman County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hanceville Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Alabama public middle schools.
Hanceville Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.5% and a predicted 39.2%.
Census data for Cullman County show median household income comes to about $62,656, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 34 public schools and about 13,144 students.
Among nearby public schools, Hanceville High School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. Hanceville Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 47.1%, higher than Hanceville Middle School's 36.5%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 283 students in 2020-21 and 284 in 2024-25.
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Cullman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,566
Census ACS
Median income
$62,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,144 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cullman County
- Hanceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Holly Pond Elementary SchoolElementary · 634 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 591 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 512 students
- Cold Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Hanceville
- Hanceville Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Hanceville High SchoolHigh · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Hanceville High School0.1 mi · 363
- Hanceville Elementary School0.1 mi · 648
- Welti Elementary School5.7 mi · 218
- Good Hope Elementary School7.4 mi · 393
- Good Hope Middle School7.4 mi · 378
- Good Hope High School7.4 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Hanceville Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hanceville Middle School?
Hanceville Middle School enrolls approximately 284 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hanceville Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hanceville Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Hanceville Middle School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Hanceville Middle School.
How diverse is Hanceville Middle School?
Hanceville Middle School reports a student body of 73% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Hanceville Middle School?
Hanceville Middle School is overseen by Cullman County in Cullman County.
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