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Hayneville Middle School

101 Lafayette St, Hayneville, AL 36040 · (334) 548-2184 · Lowndes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL144 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Alabama public middle schools
  • DTest 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

Enrollment
144
Middle
DISTRICT 124 · STATE 508
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
127 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 64531%
Grade 74934%
Grade 85035%
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
21%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
13997%
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Two+
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
8056%
Female
6444%

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
30.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
6.6%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 31 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Hayneville Middle School

Hayneville Middle School's state test result (17.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Hayneville Middle School this school14488.2%17.5%
Camden School Of Arts Technology
Camden
14891.2%20.4%
Tipton Durant Middle School
Selma
17692.6%8.8%
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet
Birmingham
18484.2%12.6%
Greensboro Middle School
Greensboro
21589.8%24.8%
Mobile County Training Middle School
Mobile
19394.3%17.0%
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 Hayneville Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Alabama
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
17.5%#229 of 260
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
6.6%#227 of 260
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
30.9%#229 of 260
Enrollment
ranked largest first
144#260 of 265
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
88.2%#16 of 264
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 2024-25
Enrollment
144
-54 (-27%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 19.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251448.516.9:188% (127)
2023-241571015.7:197% (153)
2022-231731017.3:197% (168)
2020-211981019.8:197% (193)
2017-181691016.9:197% (164)
2015-161881117.1:174% (139)
2010-112371515.8:194% (222)
2000-013722514.9:188% (328)
1990-913281818.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hayneville Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 15% (169 to 144); teachers down 15% (10 to 8.5).

About Hayneville Middle School

Hayneville Middle School sits in Hayneville, Alabama, and is classified as a middle-grades school. The school counted 144 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 72% below the average of about 508 students for middle schools in Alabama.

Lowndes County runs 7 schools with a combined 1,109 students. Hayneville Middle School is one of them.

At Hayneville Middle School, 97% of students are Black. For comparison, the population of Lowndes County is roughly 74% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hayneville Middle School scores 7%.

Based on 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Hayneville Middle School has a ratio of 16.9:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 88%.

Hayneville Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 22% of Alabama public middle schools.

Hayneville Middle School scores 17.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 19.9%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lowndes County show that median household income comes to about $37,052, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 23%. The county's public schools total 9, with about 1,109 students.

Central High School sits about 6.4 miles from Hayneville Middle School. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within ten miles. By average proficiency, Hayneville Middle School is 6th among 9 schools close by.

For locale, NCES codes Hayneville Middle School as Rural: Distant.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 144, compared with 198 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.9:1.

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Lowndes County at a glance

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Population
9,833
Census ACS
Median income
$37,052
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,109 students

Quick facts

School name
Hayneville Middle School
District
Lowndes County
Address
101 Lafayette St, Hayneville, AL 36040
Phone
(334) 548-2184
County
Lowndes County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
144
Teachers (FTE)
9
Student–teacher ratio
16.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
127 (88%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
010216001636
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Hayneville Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Hayneville Middle School?
Hayneville Middle School enrolls approximately 144 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Hayneville Middle School serve?
Hayneville Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hayneville Middle School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Hayneville Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Hayneville Middle School?
Student demographics at Hayneville Middle School are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Hayneville Middle School public or private?
Hayneville Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lowndes County.
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