Helena Middle

Helena Middle, a heavily attended intermediate school in Helena, Alabama, part of Shelby County, works with 957 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 88% above typical.

Helena Middle is one of 29 schools operated by Shelby County, a district that educates 20,638 students overall.

On demographics, Helena Middle lists that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 15% Black, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Shelby County's rate of about 42%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Helena Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.0%; this one delivers 55.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household income runs about $97,961, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Shelby County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students), of which Helena Middle is one.

Helena High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Helena Middle ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.7%.

Helena Middle operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 1,009 students in 2018 compared to 957 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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