Enrollment
253
Middle
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ETOWAH COUNTY·NCES 010138000500
Hokes Bluff Middle School
3121 Appalachian Hwy, Hokes Bluff, AL 35930 · (256) 492-1963 · Etowah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL253 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Alabama public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
118 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 75 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 39% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 32% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 63% · US 70%
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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
62.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
32.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Hokes Bluff Middle School
Hokes Bluff Middle School's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokes Bluff Middle School this school | 253 | 46.6% | 50.2% |
| Oakman Middle School Oakman | 249 | 45.4% | 35.9% |
| Glencoe Middle School Glencoe | 272 | 47.4% | 48.1% |
| Bankhead Middle School Cordova | 298 | 44.3% | 50.6% |
| Cleburne County Middle School Heflin | 243 | 50.2% | 49.0% |
| Straughn Middle School Andalusia | 287 | 51.2% | 74.7% |
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 Hokes Bluff Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Etowah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #84 of 260 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #89 of 260 | #1 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #98 of 260 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 253 | #232 of 265 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #61 of 244 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #233 of 246 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #195 of 264 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #54 of 151 | #1 of 7 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
253
-41 (-14%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 253 | 15.6 | 16.3:1 | 47% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 15.5 | 18.0:1 | 62% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 15.5 | 19.7:1 | 62% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 15 | 19.6:1 | 56% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 15.6 | 19.2:1 | 47% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 15 | 20.2:1 | 51% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 19 | 17.5:1 | 47% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 37% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 21 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hokes Bluff Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (299 to 253); teachers unchanged (15.6 to 15.6).
About Hokes Bluff Middle School
Hokes Bluff Middle School is the name of a small middle school in Hokes Bluff, Alabama. It enrolls 253 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. That is 50% below the average of about 508 students for middle schools in Alabama.
Etowah County runs 22 schools with a combined 8,739 students. Hokes Bluff Middle School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Hokes Bluff Middle School is 92% White. Other groups include 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 77% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 15, compared with 70 nationally.
Hokes Bluff Middle School has 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The gap from the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama is 1.7 students per teacher. At Hokes Bluff Middle School, 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 11 points below the 58% average for public schools in Etowah County.
Among Alabama public middle schools, Hokes Bluff Middle School outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Hokes Bluff Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 50.1%. Hokes Bluff Middle School scores 50.2%, within a point of that line.
Etowah County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $54,563, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Etowah County's 42 public schools enroll about 15,139 students and include Hokes Bluff Middle School.
Hokes Bluff Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 5. Ranked by average proficiency, Hokes Bluff Middle School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Hokes Bluff Middle School as Rural: Fringe.
A 14% decline took enrollment from 294 in 2020-21 to 253 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (19.6:1).
This page is set up for the Hokes Bluff Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Etowah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,105
Census ACS
Median income
$54,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
15,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Etowah County
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 825 students
- John S Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 745 students
- Rainbow Middle SchoolMiddle · 634 students
- Hokes Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Sardis High SchoolHigh · 546 students
Other schools in Hokes Bluff
- Hokes Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Hokes Bluff High SchoolHigh · 371 students
Nearby schools
- Hokes Bluff Elementary School0.1 mi · 610
- Hokes Bluff High School1.2 mi · 371
- Glencoe Middle School4.2 mi · 272
- Glencoe High School4.2 mi · 300
- Glencoe Elementary School4.4 mi · 397
- Litchfield Middle School5.5 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Hokes Bluff Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hokes Bluff Middle School?
Hokes Bluff Middle School enrolls approximately 253 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hokes Bluff Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hokes Bluff Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Hokes Bluff Middle School have?
Hokes Bluff Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hokes Bluff Middle School?
At Hokes Bluff Middle School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hokes Bluff Middle School public or private?
Hokes Bluff Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Etowah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.