Enrollment
288
Middle
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDFIELD CITY·NCES 010235000892
Rutledge School
1221 8th St, Midfield, AL 35228 · (205) 780-8647 · Jefferson County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
260 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 64 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 23% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Midfield City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
5.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Rutledge School
Rutledge School's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutledge School this school | 288 | 90.3% | 17.9% |
| Smith Middle School Birmingham | 336 | 86.3% | 12.0% |
| Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School Birmingham | 330 | 87.9% | 17.6% |
| Green Acres Middle School Birmingham | 309 | 84.5% | 20.0% |
| Booker T Washington Middle School Mobile | 270 | 92.6% | 18.5% |
| C J Donald Middle School Fairfield | 316 | 87.0% | 14.0% |
Matched among Alabama middle 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 Rutledge School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #226 of 260 | #18 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #234 of 260 | #19 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #231 of 260 | #19 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #215 of 265 | #29 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #197 of 244 | #18 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #208 of 246 | #22 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #11 of 264 | #1 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #96 of 151 | #11 of 17 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
288
-45 (-14%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 288 | 14.5 | 19.9:1 | 90% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 16.5 | 19.0:1 | 92% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 17.5 | 18.0:1 | 92% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 333 | 14 | 23.8:1 | 92% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 17 | 18.4:1 | 92% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 19 | 19.3:1 | 66% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 86% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 69% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 26 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rutledge School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (313 to 288); teachers down 15% (17 to 14.5).
About Rutledge School
Rutledge School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school found in Midfield, Alabama. Enrollment stands at 288 students, covering grades 5 through 8. That is 43% below the average of about 508 students for middle schools in Alabama.
The district, Midfield City, operates 3 schools serving 992 students.
At Rutledge School, 86% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 42% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rutledge School scores 25%.
Teacher count: 14.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.9:1. Compared with the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 90%. It compares with 52% for public schools in Jefferson County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Rutledge School is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 17.9% actual, 18.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alabama.
American Community Survey estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $66,388 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Jefferson County, 181 public schools serve about 97,401 students.
Rutledge School is about 0.8 miles from Brighton School, its nearest public school. Rutledge School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Rutledge School's average proficiency of 17.9% compares with 23.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 288, down from 333 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 23.8 in 2020-21 to 19.9 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Midfield City
- Midfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Midfield High SchoolHigh · 327 students
- Midfield Area Vocational DepartmentHigh
Other schools in Midfield
- Midfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Midfield High SchoolHigh · 327 students
- Midfield Area Vocational DepartmentHigh
Nearby schools
- Brighton School0.8 mi · 336
- Glen Oaks Intermediate School1.1 mi · 275
- Midfield High School1.5 mi · 327
- Lipscomb Elementary School1.8 mi · 221
- Midfield Elementary School1.9 mi · 377
- Robinson Primary School2.5 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About Rutledge SchoolHow many students attend Rutledge School?
Rutledge School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Rutledge School serve?
Rutledge School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Rutledge School have?
Rutledge School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rutledge School?
At Rutledge School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 10% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Rutledge School public or private?
Rutledge School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Midfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.