Enrollment
177
Elementary
DISTRICT 250 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANDOLPH COUNTY·NCES 010282001122
Rock Mills Junior High School
415 County Road 75, Roanoke, AL 36274 · (334) 885-6823 · Randolph County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL177 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Alabama public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
118 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 5% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
19.8%
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 20 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Rock Mills Junior High School
Rock Mills Junior High School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Mills Junior High School this school | 177 | 66.7% | 39.9% |
| Speake Danville | 178 | 67.4% | 50.4% |
| Lynn Elementary School Lynn | 168 | 61.3% | 47.6% |
| Ivalee Elementary School Attalla | 200 | 62.0% | 63.8% |
| Phillips Elementary School Bear Creek | 240 | 68.8% | 42.8% |
| Cherokee Elementary School Cherokee | 226 | 65.9% | 58.2% |
Matched among Alabama elementary 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 Rock Mills Junior High School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #416 of 626 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #511 of 626 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #341 of 626 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 177 | #671 of 709 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #262 of 696 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
177
+28 (+19%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 262
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 177 | 12 | 14.8:1 | 67% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 164 | 12.4 | 13.2:1 | 74% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 12.3 | 13.6:1 | 78% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 149 | 11 | 13.6:1 | 72% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 161 | 10.6 | 15.2:1 | 69% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 159 | 11 | 14.4:1 | 72% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 159 | 13 | 12.2:1 | 79% (126) |
| 2000-01 | 178 | 11 | 16.2:1 | 63% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 12 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Mills Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (161 to 177); teachers up 13% (10.6 to 12).
About Rock Mills Junior High School
Rock Mills Junior High School is an elementary school in Roanoke, Alabama, and it is part of Randolph County. There are 177 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 8. The school is 63% below the average for elementary schools in Alabama.
Randolph County (7 schools, 2,089 students) runs Rock Mills Junior High School.
The share of students at Rock Mills Junior High School who are White is 93%. Other groups make up 4% multiracial and 3% Black. County-wide, 76% of Randolph County residents are White. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Rock Mills Junior High School are from different groups.
On staff are 12 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Alabama have an average ratio of 17.0:1. About 67% of students at Rock Mills Junior High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Rock Mills Junior High School lands at C, ahead of 33% of Alabama public elementary schools.
Test results at Rock Mills Junior High School are 4.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (39.9% actual, 35.5% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Randolph County show that the median household earns about $52,338 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Randolph County has 12 public schools with about 3,444 students, including Rock Mills Junior High School.
Handley Middle School is the nearest public school to Rock Mills Junior High School, about 3.4 miles away. Within five miles of Rock Mills Junior High School, there are 3 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rock Mills Junior High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Rock Mills Junior High School's location as Rural: Remote.
In 2020-21, Rock Mills Junior High School enrolled 149 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 177. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.6:1 to 14.8:1.
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Randolph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,510
Census ACS
Median income
$52,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,444 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Randolph County
- Randolph County High SchoolHigh · 441 students
- Wadley High SchoolCombined · 372 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Wedowee Elementary SchoolElementary · 284 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 278 students
- Wedowee Middle SchoolElementary · 199 students
Other schools in Roanoke
- Knight Enloe Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
- Handley Middle SchoolMiddle · 483 students
- Handley High SchoolHigh · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Handley Middle School3.4 mi · 483
- Knight Enloe Elementary School4.3 mi · 506
- Handley High School4.6 mi · 366
- Heard County High School14.3 mi · 672
- Arrow Academy Alternative School14.3 mi · 26
- Heard County Middle School14.3 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Mills Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rock Mills Junior High School?
Rock Mills Junior High School enrolls approximately 177 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Rock Mills Junior High School serve?
Rock Mills Junior High School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rock Mills Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rock Mills Junior High School is approximately 14.8:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rock Mills Junior High School?
Student demographics at Rock Mills Junior High School are roughly 93% White, 3% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Rock Mills Junior High School?
Rock Mills Junior High School is overseen by Randolph County in Randolph County.
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