Hayden Middle School

Hayden Middle School is a reasonably sized middle school in Hayden, Alabama, overseen by Blount County. The school serves 437 students in grades 5 through 7.

Blount County comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,600 students; Hayden Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hayden Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest is composed of 2% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Blount County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, Hayden Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.0%, the actual is 56.9%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Blount County put median household income runs about $64,190, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Blount County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,980 students), of which Hayden Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hayden High School, around 0.7 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hayden Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Hayden Middle School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 437). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.