Jones Valley Middle School

Jones Valley Middle School, a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Birmingham, Alabama, run under Birmingham City, caters to 465 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Jones Valley Middle School is one of 43 schools operated by Birmingham City, a district that hosts 20,954 students overall.

On demographics, Jones Valley Middle School lists that nearly all students (83%) are Black. Other groups include 15% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Jones Valley Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at Jones Valley Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jones Valley Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.6%; this one delivers 11.6%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Jones Valley Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Wenonah High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Jones Valley Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 25%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 98% to 83% across the same window.

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