Minor Middle School

Minor Middle School is one of the mid-tier intermediate schools in Adamsville, Alabama, operated by Jefferson County, with 668 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

Minor Middle School is one of 55 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that caters to 35,444 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Minor Middle School reports that Black students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Minor Middle School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Minor Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $66,388, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), Minor Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Minor High School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Minor Middle School. On composite proficiency, Minor Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Minor Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 665 (now 668). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 6% to 12%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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