Maddox Intermediate School

Set in Jasper, Alabama, Maddox Intermediate School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school, run under Jasper City. It educates 643 students across grades 4 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 27% above typical.

Jasper City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,950 students. Maddox Intermediate School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Maddox Intermediate School logs that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 18% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Maddox Intermediate School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Maddox Intermediate School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Maddox Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.3%; this one delivers 36.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Walker County) reports that median household earnings sit near $56,509, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Walker County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,041 students), of which Maddox Intermediate School is one.

The closest other public school is Memorial Park Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Maddox Intermediate School. On composite proficiency, Maddox Intermediate School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 618 students in 2018 compared to 643 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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