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Enrollment
1,168
Middle
DISTRICT 750 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY COUNTY·NCES 010303000124
Oak Mountain Middle School
5650 Cahaba Valley Rd, Birmingham, AL 35242 · (205) 682-5210 · Shelby County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,168 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
298 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 364 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 403 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 401 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
77.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
48.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Oak Mountain Middle School
Oak Mountain Middle School's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Mountain Middle School this school | 1,168 | 25.5% | 64.9% |
| Discovery Middle School Madison | 1,054 | 26.4% | 63.6% |
| HewittTrussville Middle School Trussville | 1,163 | 16.4% | 67.3% |
| Homewood Middle School Homewood | 1,000 | 28.3% | 72.8% |
| Helena Middle Helena | 957 | 27.5% | 55.5% |
| Chelsea Middle School Chelsea | 831 | 29.0% | 62.3% |
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 Oak Mountain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #31 of 260 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #40 of 260 | #3 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #29 of 260 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,168 | #5 of 265 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #145 of 244 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #141 of 246 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #253 of 264 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #46 of 79 | #5 of 6 |
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
1,168
+90 (+8%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 1,216
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 1,168 | 63 | 18.5:1 | 26% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 1,194 | 61 | 19.6:1 | 26% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 1,175 | 56 | 21.0:1 | 25% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 1,078 | 55 | 19.6:1 | 18% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 1,093 | 54.6 | 20.0:1 | 17% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 1,109 | 54 | 20.5:1 | 15% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 1,230 | 82 | 15.0:1 | 12% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 1,216 | 68 | 17.9:1 | 3% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Mountain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,093 to 1,168); teachers up 15% (54.6 to 63).
About Oak Mountain Middle School
Oak Mountain Middle School is a large middle school in Birmingham, Alabama, (ZIP code 35242). Enrollment is 1,168 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Alabama is about 508 students, so this school is 130% larger than average.
The district for Oak Mountain Middle School is Shelby County, with 29 schools and 20,638 students.
By race and ethnicity, Oak Mountain Middle School is 73% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The White share in Shelby County as a whole is similar, at about 76%. The chance that two students picked at random at Oak Mountain Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
The count of teachers at Oak Mountain Middle School is 63 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.5:1. Across middle schools in Alabama, the average ratio is about 17.9:1. The school counts 298 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 26%. On average, public schools in Shelby County report 42%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.4% for Oak Mountain Middle School. The school posts 64.9%, within a point of the prediction.
Across Shelby County, median household income is about $97,961, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Shelby County number 48 and enroll about 35,120.
Oak Mountain Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Oak Mountain Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 63.8%; Oak Mountain Middle School's is 64.9%, ranking 5th of 9.
Oak Mountain Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 8%, from 1,078 to 1,168. The number of students per teacher fell from 19.6 to 18.5 over 4 years.
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,211
Census ACS
Median income
$97,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
35,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shelby County
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Helena High SchoolHigh · 1,383 students
- Chelsea High SchoolHigh · 1,235 students
- Calera HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Helena MiddleMiddle · 957 students
- Helena Intermediate SchoolElementary · 955 students
Other schools in Birmingham
- Oak Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,648 students
- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Fultondale High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
- Chalkville Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Mountain Elementary School0.1 mi · 675
- Oak Mountain High School1.3 mi · 1,648
- Oak Mountain Intermediate School1.4 mi · 636
- Spain Park High School1.8 mi · 1,472
- Berry Middle School2.1 mi · 1,058
- Inverness Elementary School2.8 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Mountain Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Mountain Middle School?
Oak Mountain Middle School enrolls approximately 1,168 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Oak Mountain Middle School serve?
Oak Mountain Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Oak Mountain Middle School?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at Oak Mountain Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oak Mountain Middle School?
At Oak Mountain Middle School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Oak Mountain Middle School public or private?
Oak Mountain Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shelby County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.