Moody Junior High School

As a small junior high in Moody, Alabama, Moody Junior High School serves 373 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within St Clair County. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

St Clair County comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 9,658 students; Moody Junior High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Moody Junior High School shows that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest consists of 13% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Moody Junior High School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at Moody Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Moody Junior High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 35.4%.

In the broader community, census data for St. Clair County shows median household earnings sit near $77,463, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Clair County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,737 students), of which Moody Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Moody High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moody Junior High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Moody Junior High School's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 373). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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