Huffman Middle School

Huffman Middle School is a small middle school in Birmingham, Alabama, one of the schools within Birmingham City. The school instructs 384 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 508.

Within Birmingham City, which oversees 43 schools and 20,954 students, Huffman Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Huffman Middle School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Black. The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Huffman Middle School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Huffman Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Huffman Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Huffman Middle School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

Martha Gaskins K5 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Huffman Middle School. On composite proficiency, Huffman Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Huffman Middle School has shrank 4%, going from 401 students in 2018 to 384 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.