Rudd Middle School

Located at 4526 Rudd School Rd, in Pinson, Alabama, Rudd Middle School is a reasonably sized junior high that educates 648 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Jefferson County. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Rudd Middle School sits 28% above that benchmark.

Across the 55 schools in Jefferson County (35,444 students total), Rudd Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Rudd Middle School reports that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 14% White.

On the income-and-resources front, Rudd Middle School lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rudd Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.2%, the actual is 22.9%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rudd Middle School is one of 181 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students).

The closest other public school is Pinson Valley High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rudd Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rudd Middle School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rudd Middle School has shrank 13%, going from 749 students in 2018 to 648 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 30% to 14%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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