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What's something Moulton Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
505
Middle
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE COUNTY·NCES 010204000786
Moulton Middle School
660 College St, Moulton, AL 35650 · (256) 905-2460 · Lawrence County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Alabama public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
20.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
270 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 5 | 111 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 133 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 145 | 29% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
20.4%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Moulton Middle School
Moulton Middle School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moulton Middle School this school | 505 | 53.5% | 34.5% |
| Alexandria Middle School Alexandria | 503 | 51.7% | 49.9% |
| Centre Middle School Centre | 450 | 56.0% | 49.4% |
| Hamilton Middle School Hamilton | 463 | 56.4% | 54.6% |
| Collins Intermediate School Scottsboro | 538 | 53.9% | 57.7% |
| Odenville Middle School Odenville | 534 | 53.7% | 29.1% |
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 Moulton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #168 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #153 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #172 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #111 of 265 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #209 of 244 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #183 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #162 of 264 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #70 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
505
-47 (-9%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 505 | 25 | 20.2:1 | 53% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 26 | 19.0:1 | 65% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 28 | 18.2:1 | 65% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 51% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 28 | 20.7:1 | 57% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 30 | 19.1:1 | 63% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 50% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 48% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 19 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moulton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (580 to 505); teachers down 11% (28 to 25).
About Moulton Middle School
This page covers Moulton Middle School, a mid-sized middle school in Moulton, Alabama. Enrollment stands at 505 students, covering grades 5 through 8.
Lawrence County serves 4,676 students across 12 schools.
The share of students at Moulton Middle School who are White is 81%. Smaller groups are 7% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Native American. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Moulton Middle School are from different groups.
The school had 25 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 20.2:1. The school's 20.2:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for middle schools in Alabama. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 53%.
Moulton Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 23% of Alabama public middle schools.
Moulton Middle School is 10.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (34.5% versus 45.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
In Lawrence County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $66,071 a year, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Moulton Middle School, Lawrence County has 14 public schools.
Moulton Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Moulton Middle School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Moulton Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 505, compared with 552 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.2:1) than in 2020-21 (19.0:1).
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Moulton Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,276
Census ACS
Median income
$66,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,676 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawrence County
- Moulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Lawrence County High SchoolHigh · 586 students
- East Lawrence Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
- Hatton High SchoolHigh · 536 students
- Hatton Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
- East Lawrence Middle SchoolMiddle · 409 students
Other schools in Moulton
- Moulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
- Lawrence County High SchoolHigh · 586 students
- Lawrence County Career Technical CenterHigh
- The Judy Jester Learning CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Moulton Elementary School0.1 mi · 695
- Lawrence County High School0.5 mi · 586
- Speake7.8 mi · 178
- East Lawrence High School9.2 mi · 408
- Lawrence County Developmental9.2 mi · 21
- East Lawrence Middle School9.2 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Moulton Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Moulton Middle School?
Moulton Middle School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Moulton Middle School serve?
Moulton Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Moulton Middle School have?
Moulton Middle School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
How diverse is Moulton Middle School?
Moulton Middle School reports a student body of 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Moulton Middle School?
Moulton Middle School is overseen by Lawrence County in Lawrence County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.