Semmes Middle School

Semmes Middle School is one of the roomy middle-grades schools in Semmes, Alabama, part of Mobile County, with 1,181 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 132% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Across the 85 schools in Mobile County (49,946 students total), Semmes Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Semmes Middle School shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 24% Black, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Semmes Middle School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Semmes Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.3%; this one delivers 35.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,880 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Semmes Middle School is one of 107 public schools in Mobile County (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students).

Semmes Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Semmes Middle School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Semmes Middle School has shrank 18%, going from 1,441 students in 2018 to 1,181 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 69% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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