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Enrollment
1,100
Middle
DISTRICT 877 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222001411
Meridianville Middle School
12975 Highway 231431 N, Hazel Green, AL 35750 · (256) 851-4550 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,100 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Alabama public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
21.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
497 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 340 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 385 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 375 | 34% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
62.1%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
30.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Meridianville Middle School
Meridianville Middle School's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridianville Middle School this school | 1,100 | 45.2% | 46.1% |
| Bragg Middle School Gardendale | 731 | 45.8% | 47.7% |
| Russell County Middle School Seale | 810 | 50.2% | 32.0% |
| Smiths Station Junior High School Smiths Station | 910 | 43.7% | 39.8% |
| Ira F Simmons Middle School Hoover | 860 | 44.3% | 63.3% |
| Saraland Middle SchoolAdams Campus Saraland | 789 | 44.9% | 74.1% |
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 Meridianville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #104 of 260 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #99 of 260 | #10 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #102 of 260 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,100 | #9 of 265 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #227 of 244 | #16 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #16 of 246 | #5 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.2% | #201 of 264 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +76.0% | #4 of 79 | #2 of 8 |
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
1,100
+434 (+65%) vs 2020
+34% since 2000-01, when it was 819
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 1,100 | 51 | 21.6:1 | 45% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 1,058 | 48 | 22.0:1 | 49% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 34 | 21.3:1 | 45% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 35% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 30 | 20.8:1 | 37% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 32 | 19.2:1 | 39% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 1,037 | 54 | 19.2:1 | 38% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 819 | 41 | 20.0:1 | 22% (180) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meridianville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 76% (625 to 1,100); teachers up 70% (30 to 51).
About Meridianville Middle School
A high-enrollment middle school in Hazel Green, Alabama, Meridianville Middle School is part of Madison County. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 1,100 students. Enrollment is 117% higher than the average for middle schools in Alabama, which is about 508.
Madison County enrolls 20,691 students, and its 28 schools include Meridianville Middle School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Meridianville Middle School. The largest is White students, at 47%. The remaining students are 31% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Native American. Census figures show Madison County is about 63% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 21.6 students per teacher and 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.7 above the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 45%.
allk12 grades Meridianville Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 51.1%.
Within Madison County, the median household income is $86,499, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Madison County has 89 public schools and roughly 55,800 students.
Moores Mill Intermediate School is the public school closest to Meridianville Middle School, about 2.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Meridianville Middle School ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Meridianville Middle School is Rural: Fringe.
Federal data put enrollment at 666 in 2020-21 and 1,100 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
- Riverton Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 872 students
Other schools in Hazel Green
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
Nearby schools
- Moores Mill Intermediate School2.9 mi · 675
- Hazel Green Elementary School2.9 mi · 963
- Lynn Fanning Elementary School3.1 mi · 618
- Hazel Green High School3.1 mi · 1,454
- Walnut Grove School5.5 mi · 303
- Buckhorn High School6.9 mi · 1,320
Frequently asked questions
About Meridianville Middle SchoolHow many students attend Meridianville Middle School?
Meridianville Middle School enrolls approximately 1,100 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Meridianville Middle School serve?
Meridianville Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Meridianville Middle School have?
Meridianville Middle School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meridianville Middle School?
At Meridianville Middle School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 9% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Meridianville Middle School public or private?
Meridianville Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.