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Enrollment
400
Middle
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·I3 ACADEMY·NCES 010020402510
i3 Academy Phase 2
7901 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35206 · (205) 403-5777 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–09MIDDLE12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Alabama public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
23.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
292 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 99 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 26% |
| Grade 9 | 102 | 26% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within i3 Academy. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
9.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 i3 Academy Phase 2
i3 Academy Phase 2's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| i3 Academy Phase 2 this school | 400 | 73.0% | 23.7% |
| Dunbar Creative Performing Arts Mobile | 338 | 69.8% | 49.6% |
| Huffman Middle School Birmingham | 384 | 79.4% | 14.8% |
| Anniston Middle School Anniston | 357 | 81.5% | 14.2% |
| Greenville Middle School Greenville | 513 | 76.8% | 20.6% |
| Monroeville Middle School Monroeville | 264 | 80.7% | 22.0% |
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 i3 Academy Phase 2 ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #204 of 260 | #13 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #208 of 260 | #12 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #206 of 260 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #157 of 265 | #21 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #239 of 244 | #28 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #227 of 246 | #27 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #71 of 264 | #17 of 32 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 400 | 17 | 23.5:1 | 73% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 13 | 22.9:1 | 74% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 12.1 | 17.2:1 | 75% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for i3 Academy Phase 2.
About i3 Academy Phase 2
i3 Academy Phase 2 is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Its address is in Birmingham, Alabama. The student body numbers 400 students, from grades 6 through 9. An average school in this group (middle schools in Alabama) has about 508 students.
i3 Academy has a total of 2 schools and 811 students, i3 Academy Phase 2 among them.
Black students are the large majority at i3 Academy Phase 2, with 91% of enrollment. Next come 4% Hispanic and 3% White. That compares with about 42% Black among all Jefferson County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at i3 Academy Phase 2 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
Federal staffing data show 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at i3 Academy Phase 2 and a ratio of 23.5:1. That ratio is over the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 73% of students. On average, public schools in Jefferson County report 52%.
Measured against Alabama public middle schools, i3 Academy Phase 2 receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Alabama, i3 Academy Phase 2 is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 23.7% actual against a predicted 30.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Jefferson County, median household income is about $66,388, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. i3 Academy Phase 2 is among the 181 public schools in Jefferson County.
The closest other public school is Barrett Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts i3 Academy Phase 2 at 6th of 9.
NCES describes the area around i3 Academy Phase 2 as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Charter status: i3 Academy Phase 2 is a public charter school.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 i3 Academy
- i3 Academy Phase 1Elementary · 411 students
- i3 Academy Phase 3Elementary
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
Nearby schools
- Barrett Elementary School0.4 mi · 383
- Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School0.5 mi · 330
- Robinson Elementary School0.7 mi · 354
- Oliver K5 School2.0 mi · 343
- Woodlawn High SchoolMagnet2.2 mi · 750
- Irondale Community School2.3 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About i3 Academy Phase 2How large is i3 Academy Phase 2?
i3 Academy Phase 2 enrolls approximately 400 students in grades 06-09.
Is i3 Academy Phase 2 an elementary, middle, or high school?
i3 Academy Phase 2 is a middle school covering grades 06-09.
How many teachers does i3 Academy Phase 2 have?
i3 Academy Phase 2 employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
What is the student diversity at i3 Academy Phase 2?
Student demographics at i3 Academy Phase 2 are roughly 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is i3 Academy Phase 2 public or private?
i3 Academy Phase 2 is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by i3 Academy.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.