Enrollment
104
Middle
DISTRICT 124 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY·NCES 010216001637
Lowndes County Middle School
301 Old School Drive, Fort Deposit, AL 36032 · (334) 227-4206 · Lowndes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL104 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% 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.
- A-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
12.2:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
98 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 6 | 34 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 30% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
6.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Lowndes County Middle School
Lowndes County Middle School's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowndes County Middle School this school | 104 | 94.2% | 22.5% |
| George P Austin Junior High School Linden | 77 | 90.9% | 22.0% |
| Camden School Of Arts Technology Camden | 148 | 91.2% | 20.4% |
| Hayneville Middle School Hayneville | 144 | 88.2% | 17.5% |
| Tipton Durant Middle School Selma | 176 | 92.6% | 8.8% |
| Chickasaw Middle School Chickasaw | 143 | 90.9% | 17.4% |
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 Lowndes County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #211 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.6% | #228 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #216 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 104 | #264 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #3 of 264 |
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
104
-52 (-33%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 104 | 8.5 | 12.2:1 | 94% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 7 | 16.1:1 | 99% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 126 | 8 | 15.8:1 | 98% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 156 | 7 | 22.3:1 | 99% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 145 | 8 | 18.1:1 | 99% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 152 | 8 | 19.0:1 | 76% (116) |
| 2010-11 | 200 | 8 | 25.0:1 | 96% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 98% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 18 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowndes County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (145 to 104); teachers up 6% (8 to 8.5).
About Lowndes County Middle School
Lowndes County Middle School is a small middle school found in Fort Deposit, Alabama. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 104 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Alabama is about 508 students, so this school is 80% smaller than average.
Lowndes County Middle School sits within Lowndes County, which has 7 schools and 1,109 students.
Black students are the large majority at Lowndes County Middle School, with 92% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 5% White and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Lowndes County's population at about 74%. By the diversity index, Lowndes County Middle School comes in at 14%.
Federal data list 8.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lowndes County Middle School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.2:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 94%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lowndes County is 85%.
Lowndes County Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of Alabama public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Lowndes County Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Alabama is predicted to score 15.5%. Lowndes County Middle School scores 22.5%, 6.9 points above that line.
Lowndes County census figures show that median household income is about $37,052, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 23%. A total of 9 public schools operate in Lowndes County, serving about 1,109 students.
Nearby, Fort Deposit Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Lowndes County Middle School places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 156 in 2020-21 and 104 in 2024-25, a 33% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.3:1 to 12.2:1.
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Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,833
Census ACS
Median income
$37,052
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,109 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 200 students
- Calhoun High SchoolHigh · 186 students
- Fort Deposit Elementary SchoolElementary · 186 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 175 students
- Hayneville Middle SchoolMiddle · 144 students
- JacksonSteele Elementary SchoolElementary · 114 students
Other schools in Fort Deposit
- Fort Deposit Elementary SchoolElementary · 186 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Deposit Elementary School0.8 mi · 186
- Calhoun High School5.2 mi · 186
- Greenville Middle School10.6 mi · 513
- Greenville Elementary School10.9 mi · 268
- WO Parmer Elementary School10.9 mi · 528
- Greenville High School11.2 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Lowndes County Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lowndes County Middle School?
Lowndes County Middle School enrolls approximately 104 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lowndes County Middle School serve?
Lowndes County Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lowndes County Middle School have?
Lowndes County Middle School employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lowndes County Middle School?
At Lowndes County Middle School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 3% Hispanic, 92% Black.
Is Lowndes County Middle School public or private?
Lowndes County Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lowndes County.
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