Sansom Middle School

Sansom Middle School operates as a modestly sized middle-grades school in Gadsden, Alabama, one of the schools within Gadsden City. Current enrollment sits at 339 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Sansom Middle School sits 33% below that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in Gadsden City (4,940 students total), Sansom Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Sansom Middle School records that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 32% Black, 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at Sansom Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Etowah County's rate of about 58%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sansom Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 30.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Etowah County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $54,563 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Etowah County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,139 students), of which Sansom Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Floyd Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sansom Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.7%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sansom Middle School has decreased 15%, going from 398 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 11% to 25% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.