Midfield High School

As a compact 9-12 campus in Midfield, Alabama, Midfield High School caters to 327 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Midfield City. Enrollment runs roughly 52% leaner than the state mean of about 682.

Midfield High School is one of 3 schools operated by Midfield City, a district that hosts 992 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Midfield High School reports that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Midfield High School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages about 17.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 83% of students at Midfield High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Midfield High School is in the bottom 10% of Alabama public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 23.3%; Midfield High School posts 3.0%, -20.3 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,388 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Midfield High School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

The closest other public school is Midfield Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Midfield High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Midfield High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 337 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 1% to 6% over that span.

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