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Enrollment
1,005
Middle
DISTRICT 738 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN BROOK CITY·NCES 010249001057
Mountain Brook Junior High School
205 Overbrook Dr, Mountain Brook, AL 35213 · (205) 871-3516 · Jefferson County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,005 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 85% of Alabama public middle schools
- A+Test 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
12.2:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
33 students
DISTRICT 2% · 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 7 | 341 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 337 | 34% |
| Grade 9 | 327 | 33% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Mountain Brook Junior High School→Mountain Brook High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mountain Brook City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
87.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
74.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
81.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Mountain Brook Junior High School
Mountain Brook Junior High School's state test result (81.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Brook Junior High School this school | 1,005 | 3.3% | 81.9% |
| Hampton Cove Middle School Hampton Cove | 785 | 10.8% | 76.8% |
| HewittTrussville Middle School Trussville | 1,163 | 16.4% | 67.3% |
| Spanish Fort Middle School Spanish Fort | 649 | 19.4% | 68.1% |
| Springville Middle School Springville | 723 | 28.4% | 51.4% |
| Fairhope Middle School Fairhope | 775 | 27.2% | 68.9% |
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 Mountain Brook Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #3 of 260 | #2 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #2 of 260 | #2 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.3% | #7 of 260 | #3 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,005 | #15 of 265 | #3 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #2 of 244 | #1 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #239 of 246 | #29 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.3% | #264 of 264 | #32 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #115 of 151 | #14 of 17 |
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
1,005
+46 (+5%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 1,005 | 82.6 | 12.2:1 | 3% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 994 | 83.6 | 11.9:1 | 3% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 982 | 82.6 | 11.9:1 | 2% (24) |
| 2020-21 | 959 | 79 | 12.1:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2017-18 | 1,054 | 78.4 | 13.4:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 1,071 | 80 | 13.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 1,033 | 72 | 14.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 920 | 66 | 13.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 701 | 52 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Brook Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,054 to 1,005); teachers up 5% (78.4 to 82.6).
About Mountain Brook Junior High School
Mountain Brook Junior High School, located in Mountain Brook, Alabama, is a large middle-grades school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,005 students in grades 7 through 9. Against the 508-student average for middle schools in Alabama, enrollment here is 98% higher.
Mountain Brook Junior High School is one school in a 6-school district, Mountain Brook City, which enrolls 4,425 students.
The student body at Mountain Brook Junior High School is 94% White. Other groups include 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 48% White. Mountain Brook Junior High School's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Mountain Brook Junior High School is 82.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.2:1. That is 5.7 students per teacher below the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Around 3% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 52%.
Mountain Brook Junior High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 85% of Alabama public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Mountain Brook Junior High School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (81.9%) and its predicted rate (81.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
Within Jefferson County, the median household income is $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Mountain Brook Junior High School, Jefferson County has 180 other public schools.
Crestline Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Mountain Brook Junior High School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, Mountain Brook Junior High School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has grown by 46 students since 2020-21, to 1,005.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Mountain Brook Junior High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mountain Brook City
- Mountain Brook High SchoolHigh · 985 students
- Crestline Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Brookwood Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Cherokee Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Mountain Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
Other schools in Mountain Brook
- Mountain Brook High SchoolHigh · 985 students
- Crestline Elementary SchoolElementary · 743 students
- Brookwood Forest Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Cherokee Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Mountain Brook Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- Crestline Elementary School0.6 mi · 743
- Mountain Brook Elementary School1.1 mi · 551
- Avondale Elementary School1.9 mi · 339
- Shades Cahaba Elementary School2.1 mi · 507
- Jefferson County Virtual School2.2 mi · 247
- Brookwood Forest Elementary School2.3 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Brook Junior High SchoolHow large is Mountain Brook Junior High School?
Mountain Brook Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,005 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Mountain Brook Junior High School serve?
Mountain Brook Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many students per teacher at Mountain Brook Junior High School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Mountain Brook Junior High School.
How diverse is Mountain Brook Junior High School?
Mountain Brook Junior High School reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountain Brook Junior High School?
Mountain Brook Junior High School is overseen by Mountain Brook City in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.