Phenix City Intermediate School

Phenix City Intermediate School is one of the high-enrollment intermediate schools in Phenix City, Alabama, overseen by Phenix City, with 1,068 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 110% above the state mean of about 508.

Phenix City Intermediate School is one of 11 schools operated by Phenix City, a district that serves 7,198 students overall.

On demographics, Phenix City Intermediate School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 21% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 46% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Phenix City Intermediate School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Phenix City Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Phenix City Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.7%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of -2.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Russell County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $51,197 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Russell County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,127 students), of which Phenix City Intermediate School is one.

Phenix City Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Phenix City Intermediate School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,055 students in 2018 compared to 1,068 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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