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Enrollment
468
Middle
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHILTON COUNTY·NCES 010066002437
Jemison Intermediate School
1491 County Road 44, Jemison, AL 35085 · (205) 280-4840 · Chilton County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL468 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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.
- B-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
23.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
315 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 4 | 169 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 157 | 34% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
50.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Jemison Intermediate School
Jemison Intermediate School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jemison Intermediate School this school | 468 | 67.3% | 34.6% |
| Boaz Middle School Boaz | 583 | 70.2% | 42.3% |
| Douglas Middle School Douglas | 512 | 67.2% | 35.0% |
| West Morgan Middle School Trinity | 561 | 75.0% | 43.4% |
| Jemison Middle School Jemison | 328 | 72.3% | 23.0% |
| Fort Payne Middle School Fort Payne | 741 | 63.3% | 48.6% |
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 Jemison Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #167 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #160 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #159 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 468 | #123 of 265 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #238 of 244 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #60 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #93 of 264 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #52 of 151 |
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
468
-55 (-11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 468 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 67% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 20 | 22.8:1 | 86% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 21 | 23.4:1 | 85% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 63% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | N/A | N/A | 74% (415) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jemison Intermediate School.
About Jemison Intermediate School
Jemison Intermediate School runs as a mid-sized middle school in Jemison, Alabama. The school serves grades 4 through 6. Enrollment is 468 students.
Chilton County, which runs Jemison Intermediate School, has 12 schools and 7,921 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Jemison Intermediate School is White, with 48% of students. Next come 41% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 81% White. The diversity index for Jemison Intermediate School is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1. Middle schools in Alabama average 17.9:1, 5.5 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Chilton County report 57%.
Among Alabama public middle schools, Jemison Intermediate School outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Jemison Intermediate School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.6% versus 35.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Chilton County show that median household income comes to about $65,603, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 14, with about 7,921 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Jemison Intermediate School from the closest public school, Jemison Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Jemison Intermediate School at 5th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Jemison Intermediate School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 19.4 to 23.4 over 4 years.
Jemison Intermediate School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Chilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,992
Census ACS
Median income
$65,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
7,921 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chilton County
- Clanton Elementary SchoolElementary · 942 students
- Thorsby High SchoolCombined · 895 students
- Chilton County High SchoolHigh · 833 students
- Isabella High SchoolCombined · 789 students
- Jemison Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Jemison High SchoolHigh · 702 students
Other schools in Jemison
- Jemison Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Jemison High SchoolHigh · 702 students
- Jemison Middle SchoolMiddle · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Jemison Elementary School0.1 mi · 752
- Jemison High School1.7 mi · 702
- Jemison Middle School1.7 mi · 328
- Thorsby High School4.9 mi · 895
- Calera High7.7 mi · 1,018
- Calera Intermediate School8.1 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About Jemison Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Jemison Intermediate School?
Jemison Intermediate School enrolls approximately 468 students in grades 04-06.
Is Jemison Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jemison Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does Jemison Intermediate School have?
Jemison Intermediate School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
How diverse is Jemison Intermediate School?
Jemison Intermediate School reports a student body of 48% White, 41% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Jemison Intermediate School?
Jemison Intermediate School is overseen by Chilton County in Chilton County.
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