Leeds Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Leeds, Alabama, Leeds Middle School hosts 452 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Leeds City.

Across the 4 schools in Leeds City (2,271 students total), Leeds Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Leeds Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 25% Black, 17% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 48% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Leeds Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Leeds Middle School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

The closest other public school is Leeds Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Leeds Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Leeds Middle School has changed only slightly, going from 448 students in 2018 to 452 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 62% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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