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How has Moorer Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
495
Middle
DISTRICT 1,684 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUFAULA CITY·NCES 010141000513
Moorer Middle School
101 St Francis Rd, Eufaula, AL 36027 · (334) 687-1130 · Barbour County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Alabama public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
373 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 153 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 173 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 34% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Moorer Middle School→Eufaula High School
Based on grade levels within Eufaula City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
17.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Moorer Middle School
Moorer Middle School's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moorer Middle School this school | 495 | 75.4% | 30.7% |
| Alexander City Middle School Alexander City | 430 | 72.8% | 33.8% |
| Fox Run School Opelika | 392 | 74.5% | 44.3% |
| Burns Middle School Mobile | 568 | 76.2% | 22.3% |
| Dothan 6th Grade Center Dothan | 449 | 78.6% | 18.1% |
| William L Radney Elementary School Alexander City | 414 | 70.0% | 50.5% |
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 Moorer Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #186 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #173 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #190 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #115 of 265 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #14 of 244 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #76 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #60 of 264 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -59.1% | #2 of 151 |
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
495
-121 (-20%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 495 | 34.5 | 14.3:1 | 75% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 64% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 64% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 33 | 18.7:1 | 64% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 1,209 | 31 | 39.0:1 | 54% (648) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 69% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 66% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 42 | 18.5:1 | 55% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 32 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moorer Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 59% (1,209 to 495); teachers up 11% (31 to 34.5).
About Moorer Middle School
At 101 St Francis Rd in Eufaula, Alabama, Moorer Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school. It reported 495 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Eufaula City has 5 schools and 8,421 students, and Moorer Middle School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Moorer Middle School are Black (57%). The rest of enrollment is 28% White and 13% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Barbour County's population at about 46%. The diversity index for Moorer Middle School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 14.3:1 is based on 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Alabama public middle schools, Moorer Middle School outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Moorer Middle School is 1.5 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
The county, Barbour County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $46,042 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Barbour County has 9 public schools with about 9,079 students, including Moorer Middle School.
Among nearby public schools, Eufaula High School is closest at about 0.4 miles. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Moorer Middle School. By average proficiency, Moorer Middle School is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
Federal data place Moorer Middle School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 121 students, from 616 to 495. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.7:1 to 14.3:1.
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Barbour County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,643
Census ACS
Median income
$46,042
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
9,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eufaula City
- Alabama Virtual Academy at Eufaula City SchoolsCombined · 6,104 students
- Eufaula High SchoolHigh · 728 students
- Eufaula Primary SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Eufaula Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Hope AcademyHigh
Other schools in Eufaula
- Alabama Virtual Academy at Eufaula City SchoolsCombined · 6,104 students
- Eufaula High SchoolHigh · 728 students
- Eufaula Primary SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Eufaula Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Hope AcademyHigh
Nearby schools
- Eufaula High School0.4 mi · 728
- Eufaula Elementary School1.3 mi · 471
- Alabama Virtual Academy at Eufaula City Schools2.1 mi · 6,104
- Eufaula Primary School2.2 mi · 623
- Quitman County High School4.0 mi · 109
- Quitman County Elementary4.0 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Moorer Middle SchoolHow many students attend Moorer Middle School?
Moorer Middle School enrolls approximately 495 students in grades 06-08.
Is Moorer Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moorer Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Moorer Middle School have?
Moorer Middle School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Moorer Middle School?
Moorer Middle School reports a student body of 28% White, 13% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Moorer Middle School in?
Moorer Middle School is part of Eufaula City.
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