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How has McAdory Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
841
Middle
DISTRICT 642 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192002166
McAdory Middle School
5450 Yellow Jacket Boulevard, McCalla, AL 35111 · (205) 379-4730 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
490 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 286 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 280 | 33% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
7.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 McAdory Middle School
McAdory Middle School's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAdory Middle School this school | 841 | 58.3% | 26.1% |
| Phenix City Intermediate School Phenix City | 1,068 | 63.7% | 34.8% |
| Williams Middle School Huntsville | 659 | 49.9% | 32.5% |
| Sparkman Middle School Toney | 723 | 59.3% | 37.4% |
| Calera Middle Montevallo | 767 | 62.5% | 34.8% |
| South Girard School Phenix City | 501 | 60.5% | 34.3% |
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 McAdory Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #199 of 260 | #12 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.7% | #219 of 260 | #16 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #185 of 260 | #12 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #29 of 265 | #7 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #91 of 244 | #10 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #93 of 246 | #8 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #135 of 264 | #21 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #69 of 79 | #9 of 12 |
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
841
-56 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 841 | 48.5 | 17.3:1 | 58% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 857 | 42 | 20.4:1 | 74% (637) |
| 2022-23 | 854 | 45.5 | 18.8:1 | 74% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 897 | 46 | 19.5:1 | 67% (599) |
| 2017-18 | 829 | 38.5 | 21.5:1 | 56% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 836 | 39 | 21.4:1 | 44% (370) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McAdory Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (829 to 841); teachers up 26% (38.5 to 48.5).
About McAdory Middle School
Students in McCalla, Alabama, attend McAdory Middle School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 841 students in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Alabama, the average enrollment is about 508.
McAdory Middle School falls under Jefferson County, which has 55 schools enrolling 35,444 students.
The student body at McAdory Middle School is 63% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 15% White, and 2% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 42%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
On staff are 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. It is about the same as the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. About 58% of students at McAdory Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
McAdory Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.1% and a predicted 41.6%.
The school is in Jefferson County, where the median household earns about $66,388 a year, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. McAdory Middle School shares Jefferson County with 180 other public schools.
McAdory Middle School's nearest public school is McAdory High School (about 0.2 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 23.4%; McAdory Middle School's is 26.1%, ranking 4th of 8.
The federal government classifies McAdory Middle School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 56 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.5 to 17.3 over 4 years.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- ClayChalkville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Hueytown High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pinson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
Other schools in McCalla
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Lake View Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 students
- McAdory Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
Nearby schools
- McAdory High School0.2 mi · 1,259
- McCalla Elementary School2.0 mi · 752
- Empower Community School Upper Campus2.3 mi · 211
- Bessemer City High School3.0 mi · 760
- Bessemer City Middle School3.0 mi · 616
- McAdory Elementary School3.7 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About McAdory Middle SchoolHow large is McAdory Middle School?
McAdory Middle School enrolls approximately 841 students in grades 06-08.
Is McAdory Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McAdory Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at McAdory Middle School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at McAdory Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at McAdory Middle School?
At McAdory Middle School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 20% Hispanic, 63% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is McAdory Middle School public or private?
McAdory Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.