Headland Middle School

Located at 1 Martin Luther King Dr, in Headland, Alabama, Headland Middle School is a medium-sized middle school that caters to 580 students (grades 6 through 9), run under Henry County.

Henry County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,524 students; Headland Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Headland Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest is composed of 22% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Headland Middle School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Headland Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 54.7%, a residual of +2.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Henry County put median household income runs about $59,931, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Henry County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,524 students), of which Headland Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Headland Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Headland Middle School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Headland Middle School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 580).

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