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Alumni: what's one memory from Huffman Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
384
Middle
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM CITY·NCES 010039000140
Huffman Middle School
517 Huffman Rd, Birmingham, AL 35215 · (205) 231-5370 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
305 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 121 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 129 | 34% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
25.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
2.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Huffman Middle School
Huffman Middle School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huffman Middle School this school | 384 | 79.4% | 14.8% |
| Anniston Middle School Anniston | 357 | 81.5% | 14.2% |
| Bush Hills STEAM Academy Birmingham | 370 | 85.4% | 14.6% |
| Green Acres Middle School Birmingham | 309 | 84.5% | 20.0% |
| Smith Middle School Birmingham | 336 | 86.3% | 12.0% |
| Jones Valley Middle School Birmingham | 465 | 85.8% | 11.6% |
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 Huffman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #242 of 260 | #21 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.5% | #248 of 260 | #24 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #245 of 260 | #24 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #169 of 265 | #22 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #242 of 244 | #29 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #215 of 246 | #25 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #46 of 264 | #13 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #121 of 151 | #16 of 17 |
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
384
-99 (-20%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 384 | 16 | 24.0:1 | 79% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 19 | 23.2:1 | 78% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 19 | 21.0:1 | 78% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 22 | 21.9:1 | 78% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 16 | 25.1:1 | 78% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 16 | 21.4:1 | 49% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 16 | 18.9:1 | 59% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 36% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 20 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huffman Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (401 to 384); teachers unchanged (16 to 16).
About Huffman Middle School
The public middle school Huffman Middle School is located in Birmingham, Alabama. The school counted 384 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 24% below the average for middle schools in Alabama.
Huffman Middle School is run by Birmingham City, whose 43 schools enroll 20,954 students.
Black students are 86% of those enrolled at Huffman Middle School. Other reported shares: 11% Hispanic. That compares with about 42% Black among all Jefferson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 24%.
Based on 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, Huffman Middle School has a ratio of 24.0:1. The average for middle schools in Alabama, 17.9:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 52%.
Test results at Huffman Middle School are 11.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (14.8% actual, 26.3% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $66,388 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Jefferson County has 181 public schools with about 97,401 students, including Huffman Middle School.
Martha Gaskins K5 is about 0.8 miles from Huffman Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Huffman Middle School places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
The school shrank from 483 students in 2020-21 to 384 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 21.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 24.0:1.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Birmingham City
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
- Huffman AcademyElementary · 779 students
- Ramsay High SchoolHigh · 762 students
- Woodlawn High SchoolMagnetHigh · 750 students
Other schools in Birmingham
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Oak Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,168 students
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Fultondale High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
Other Huffman Middle schools
One other US public school is named Huffman Middle. Huffman Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Huffman Middle SchoolHUFFMAN, TX · 889 students
Nearby schools
- Martha Gaskins K50.8 mi · 537
- Christian School1.0 mi · 574
- Smith Middle School1.2 mi · 336
- Huffman High SchoolMagnet1.2 mi · 1,094
- Huffman Academy1.8 mi · 779
- Robinson Elementary School2.2 mi · 354
Frequently asked questions
About Huffman Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Huffman Middle School?
Huffman Middle School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Huffman Middle School serve?
Huffman Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Huffman Middle School?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Huffman Middle School.
How diverse is Huffman Middle School?
Huffman Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 11% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Huffman Middle School?
Huffman Middle School is overseen by Birmingham City in Jefferson County.
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