McAdory Middle School

McAdory Middle School operates as a substantial middle-grades school in McCalla, Alabama, operated by Jefferson County. Current enrollment sits at 841 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 66% bigger than typical.

Jefferson County runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 35,444 students. McAdory Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, McAdory Middle School reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 15% White, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McAdory Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.6%; this one delivers 26.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. McAdory Middle School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

The closest other public school is McAdory High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McAdory Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McAdory Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 829 students in 2018 to 841 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 38% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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