Harry N Mixon Intermediate School

Harry N Mixon Intermediate School is a low-enrollment K-5 school in Ozark, Alabama, one of the schools within Ozark City. The school serves 383 students in grades 1 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 20% smaller than the state mean of about 480.

Harry N Mixon Intermediate School is one of 4 schools operated by Ozark City, a district that educates 1,905 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Harry N Mixon Intermediate School shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 31% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Harry N Mixon Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dale County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Harry N Mixon Intermediate School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 25.8%; this one delivers 47.6%, a residual of +21.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Dale County put the typical household earns roughly $54,963 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Harry N Mixon Intermediate School is one of 18 public schools in Dale County (combined enrollment of about 6,437 students).

D A Smith Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Harry N Mixon Intermediate School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harry N Mixon Intermediate School has fell 11%, going from 430 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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