Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle

Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle is an intermediate school of close-knit scale in Grant, Alabama, run under Marshall County, serveing 376 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle is one of 14 schools operated by Marshall County, a district that educates 6,494 students overall.

On demographics, Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Marshall County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marshall County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.4%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -15.5 points.

Around the school, Marshall County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,571 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Marshall County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,416 students), of which Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kate D Smith DAR High School, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Kate Duncan Smith DAR Middle's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 433 (now 376). Class-load math has fell: from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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