Robert F Bumpus Middle School

Robert F Bumpus Middle School is one of the heavily attended junior highs in Hoover, Alabama, run under Hoover City, with 1,192 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 135% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Hoover City comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 13,632 students; Robert F Bumpus Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Robert F Bumpus Middle School shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Robert F Bumpus Middle School logs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Robert F Bumpus Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Robert F Bumpus Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.5%, the actual is 71.5%, a residual of +3.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Shelby County) logs that median household earnings sit near $97,961, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Shelby County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students), Robert F Bumpus Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Trace Crossings Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Robert F Bumpus Middle School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Robert F Bumpus Middle School has ticked up 42%, going from 837 students in 2018 to 1,192 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 33% to 27% across the same window.

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