Pelham Park Middle School

Set in Pelham, Alabama, Pelham Park Middle School is a well-populated 6-8 campus, overseen by Pelham City. It instructs 835 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Pelham Park Middle School sits 64% larger than that benchmark.

Pelham Park Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Pelham City, a district that instructs 3,444 students overall.

Demographically, Pelham Park Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Shelby County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pelham Park Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 43.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Shelby County shows median household income runs about $97,961, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Pelham Park Middle School is one of 48 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students).

Pelham High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pelham Park Middle School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Pelham Park Middle School's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 757 (now 835). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 49% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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