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Enrollment
835
Middle
DISTRICT 861 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELHAM CITY·NCES 010019402398
Pelham Park Middle School
2016 Pelham Park Boulevard, Pelham, AL 35124 · (205) 624-3702 · Shelby County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Alabama public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
18.6:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
385 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 245 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 264 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 326 | 39% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Pelham Park Middle School→Pelham High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pelham City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
25.2%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Pelham Park Middle School
Pelham Park Middle School's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham Park Middle School this school | 835 | 46.1% | 43.5% |
| Coppinville School Enterprise | 571 | 52.7% | 57.3% |
| Ira F Simmons Middle School Hoover | 860 | 44.3% | 63.3% |
| Echols Middle School Northport | 738 | 55.1% | 37.9% |
| Maddox Intermediate School Jasper | 643 | 50.4% | 58.7% |
| Thompson Middle School Alabaster | 1,444 | 52.6% | 55.1% |
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 Pelham Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Shelby County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #114 of 260 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #128 of 260 | #7 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #103 of 260 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #30 of 265 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #146 of 244 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #8 of 246 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #197 of 264 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #40 of 79 | #4 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
835
+12 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 835 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 46% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 833 | 45.5 | 18.3:1 | 50% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 808 | 44.5 | 18.2:1 | 51% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 823 | 43 | 19.1:1 | 30% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 37.5 | 20.2:1 | 35% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 38 | 18.4:1 | 42% (296) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pelham Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (757 to 835); teachers up 20% (37.5 to 45).
About Pelham Park Middle School
In Pelham, Alabama, part of Shelby County, Pelham Park Middle School is a middle-grades school. There are 835 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. The school is 64% larger than the average for middle schools in Alabama.
The 4 schools of Pelham City, including Pelham Park Middle School, enroll 3,444 students.
The biggest share of students at Pelham Park Middle School, 43%, is White. Next come 29% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 76% White among all Shelby County residents. The diversity index for Pelham Park Middle School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 45 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Roughly 46% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Pelham Park Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Alabama public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Pelham Park Middle School is 50.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.5%.
The school's county is Shelby County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $97,961 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Pelham Park Middle School shares Shelby County with 47 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Pelham Park Middle School is closest to Pelham High School, about 0.9 miles away. Pelham Park Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 55.9% on proficiency, and Pelham Park Middle School is below that at 43.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 835, close to the 823 recorded in 2020-21.
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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 Pelham City
- Pelham High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pelham RidgeElementary · 783 students
- Pelham OaksElementary · 750 students
Other schools in Pelham
- Pelham High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pelham RidgeElementary · 783 students
- Pelham OaksElementary · 750 students
- Linda Nolen Learning CenterCombined · 78 students
- STAR Program ElementaryElementary
- STAR Program MiddleMiddle
Nearby schools
- Pelham High School0.9 mi · 1,076
- Pelham Oaks1.1 mi · 750
- Linda Nolen Learning Center1.5 mi · 78
- Helena Elementary School2.5 mi · 778
- Pelham Ridge2.5 mi · 783
- Hoover High School3.1 mi · 2,919
Frequently asked questions
About Pelham Park Middle SchoolHow large is Pelham Park Middle School?
Pelham Park Middle School enrolls approximately 835 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Pelham Park Middle School serve?
Pelham Park Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Pelham Park Middle School?
Approximately 18.6:1 students per teacher at Pelham Park Middle School.
How diverse is Pelham Park Middle School?
Pelham Park Middle School reports a student body of 43% White, 29% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Pelham Park Middle School in?
Pelham Park Middle School is part of Pelham City.
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