Enrollment
328
Middle
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHILTON COUNTY·NCES 010066000745
Jemison Middle School
25095 US Hwy 31, Jemison, AL 35085 · (205) 280-4840 · Chilton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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
16.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
237 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 7 | 157 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 171 | 52% |
Student demographics
58%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
38.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
9.8%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Jemison Middle School
Jemison Middle School's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jemison Middle School this school | 328 | 72.3% | 23.0% |
| Jemison Intermediate School Jemison | 468 | 67.3% | 34.6% |
| Douglas Middle School Douglas | 512 | 67.2% | 35.0% |
| Montevallo Middle School Montevallo | 346 | 78.6% | 36.1% |
| Boaz Middle School Boaz | 583 | 70.2% | 42.3% |
| West Morgan Middle School Trinity | 561 | 75.0% | 43.4% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #207 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #203 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #208 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #196 of 265 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #65 of 244 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #73 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #75 of 264 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #63 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
328
-56 (-15%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 72% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 88% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 21 | 17.1:1 | 88% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 17 | 22.6:1 | 63% (242) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 5.5 | 68.9:1 | 60% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 68% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 62% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 41% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jemison Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (379 to 328); teachers up 264% (5.5 to 20).
About Jemison Middle School
Jemison Middle School, a small middle school, is located in Jemison, Alabama. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 328 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Alabama is about 508 students.
The district, Chilton County, has 7,921 students enrolled across 12 schools.
Jemison Middle School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 47%. It is also 44% White, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. Chilton County's residents are about 10% Hispanic, 37 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Jemison Middle School comes in at 58%.
The school has about 16.4 students per teacher and 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 72%. On average, public schools in Chilton County report 57%.
Measured against Alabama public middle schools, Jemison Middle School 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.
A school with Jemison Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 31.5%. Jemison Middle School scores 23.0%, 8.5 points below that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Chilton County, median household income is about $65,603, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Jemison Middle School is among the 14 public schools in Chilton County.
Of nearby public schools, Jemison High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Jemison Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 328, 15% below the 384 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 22.6 in 2020-21 to 16.4 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Jemison Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Jemison High School0.1 mi · 702
- Jemison Elementary School1.6 mi · 752
- Jemison Intermediate School1.7 mi · 468
- Thorsby High School3.9 mi · 895
- Calera High8.9 mi · 1,018
- Calera Intermediate School9.4 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About Jemison Middle SchoolHow large is Jemison Middle School?
Jemison Middle School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Jemison Middle School serve?
Jemison Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jemison Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jemison Middle School is approximately 16.4:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jemison Middle School?
At Jemison Middle School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 47% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Jemison Middle School public or private?
Jemison Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Chilton County.
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