Samson Middle School

Samson Middle School is one of the rural-scale intermediate schools in Samson, Alabama, part of Geneva County, with 156 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Samson Middle School sits 69% below that benchmark.

Samson Middle School is one of 9 schools operated by Geneva County, a district that educates 2,814 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Samson Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, Samson Middle School lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 69% of students at Samson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Geneva County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Samson Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of +5.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Geneva County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,771 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Geneva County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,043 students), of which Samson Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Samson High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Samson Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Samson Middle School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 32.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Samson Middle School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 158 (now 156). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.3:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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