Opp Middle School

Opp Middle School is a small middle school in Alabama, with an address in Opp. Enrollment stands at 379 students, covering grades 5 through 8. That is 25% below the average of about 508 students for middle schools in Alabama.

In Opp City, 3 schools enroll a combined 1,322 students.

The share of White students at Opp Middle School is 70%, a majority. It is also 20% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Covington County is roughly 83% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 25 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. The average for middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 63% of students at Opp Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Test results at Opp Middle School are 3.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (41.4% actual, 38.0% predicted).

In the surrounding county, Covington County, the median household earns about $52,456 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Covington County has 14 public schools with about 6,173 students, including Opp Middle School.

Measured in a straight line, Opp High School is about 0.7 miles from Opp Middle School. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Opp Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.

Opp Middle School is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.

A 5% decline took enrollment from 398 in 2020-21 to 379 in 2024-25.

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