Hayneville Middle School

Hayneville Middle School, a very small middle school in Hayneville, Alabama, operated by Lowndes County, instructs 144 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Hayneville Middle School sits 72% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Lowndes County, which oversees 7 schools and 1,109 students, Hayneville Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Hayneville Middle School logs that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, Lowndes County as a whole is about 74% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Hayneville Middle School shows 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Hayneville Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.9%; this one delivers 17.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Lowndes County reports that the typical household earns roughly $37,052 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Lowndes County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,109 students), Hayneville Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central High School, around 6.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hayneville Middle School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 39.8%.

Hayneville Middle School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Hayneville Middle School's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 169 (now 144).

Inside the community feed, the feed for Hayneville Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.