Enrollment
381
Middle
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ETOWAH COUNTY·NCES 010138002351
Sardis Middle School
1415 Sardis Drive, Sardis City, AL 35956 · (256) 622-1120 · Etowah County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Alabama public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
206 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 6 | 108 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 141 | 37% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
23.5%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Sardis Middle School
Sardis Middle School's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sardis Middle School this school | 381 | 54.1% | 39.4% |
| West Blocton Middle School West Blocton | 387 | 55.6% | 38.2% |
| Ashville Middle School Ashville | 371 | 54.7% | 45.8% |
| Danville Middle School Danville | 372 | 57.3% | 39.5% |
| Hamilton Middle School Hamilton | 463 | 56.4% | 54.6% |
| West Point Middle School Vinemont | 397 | 48.9% | 50.5% |
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 Sardis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Etowah County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #138 of 260 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #134 of 260 | #4 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #113 of 260 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #171 of 265 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #175 of 244 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #197 of 246 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #157 of 264 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #150 of 151 | #7 of 7 |
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
381
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 381 | 19.8 | 19.2:1 | 54% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 19.8 | 19.8:1 | 70% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 19.8 | 20.1:1 | 70% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 20 | 20.4:1 | 57% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 20.1 | 19.1:1 | 61% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 53% (221) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sardis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (383 to 381); teachers down 1% (20.1 to 19.8).
About Sardis Middle School
Sardis Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school that serves part of Sardis City, Alabama. The latest federal count shows 381 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 508-student average for middle schools in Alabama, enrollment here is 25% lower.
The district for Sardis Middle School is Etowah County, with 22 schools and 8,739 students.
The large majority of students at Sardis Middle School, 83%, are White. Next come 11% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Sardis Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
Teacher staffing is 19.8 full-time equivalents, or about 19.2 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. About 54% of students, or 206, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Sardis Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 40% of Alabama public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Sardis Middle School would be expected to post about 44.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Etowah County, median household income is about $54,563, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. A total of 42 public schools operate in Etowah County, serving about 15,139 students.
The nearest other public school, Sardis High School, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Sardis Middle School is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 408 in 2020-21 and 381 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.4:1 to 19.2:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sardis Middle School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Etowah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,105
Census ACS
Median income
$54,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
15,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Etowah County
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 825 students
- John S Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 745 students
- Rainbow Middle SchoolMiddle · 634 students
- Hokes Bluff Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Southside Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Sardis High SchoolHigh · 546 students
Nearby schools
- Sardis High School0.2 mi · 546
- Whitesboro Elementary School2.9 mi · 423
- Boaz Intermediate School3.3 mi · 361
- Boaz Middle School3.5 mi · 583
- Boaz High School3.5 mi · 721
- Corley Elementary School3.8 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Sardis Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sardis Middle School?
Sardis Middle School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sardis Middle School serve?
Sardis Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sardis Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sardis Middle School is approximately 19.2:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sardis Middle School?
At Sardis Middle School, the student body is approximately 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sardis Middle School public or private?
Sardis Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Etowah County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.