Monroeville Middle School

Monroeville Middle School is one of the close-knit intermediate schools in Monroeville, Alabama, run under Monroe County, with 264 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Monroeville Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Monroe County, a district that educates 2,963 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Monroeville Middle School lists that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Monroeville Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at Monroeville Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monroeville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.4%, the actual is 22.0%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Monroe County shows the typical household earns roughly $42,292 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Monroeville Middle School is one of 9 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 2,963 students).

Monroeville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Monroeville Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Monroeville Middle School's enrollment has declined 34% since 2018, when it stood at 397 (now 264). White enrollment moved from 12% to 3% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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