Enrollment
127
Middle
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEFFIELD CITY·NCES 010300000160
Sheffield Junior High School
1803 30th St, Sheffield, AL 35660 · (256) 386-5735 · Colbert County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL127 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Alabama public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
13.0:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
88 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 7 | 64 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 50% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Sheffield Junior High School→Sheffield High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sheffield City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
18.3%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Sheffield Junior High School
Sheffield Junior High School's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Junior High School this school | 127 | 69.3% | 30.8% |
| Samson Middle School Samson | 156 | 68.6% | 39.2% |
| Childersburg Middle School Childersburg | 245 | 74.3% | 38.2% |
| Geneva County Middle School Hartford | 178 | 60.1% | 58.7% |
| John P Powell Middle School Lafayette | 140 | 76.4% | 16.8% |
| Wilson Hall Middle School Grove Hill | 201 | 77.6% | 23.4% |
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 Sheffield Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #184 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #168 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #199 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 127 | #263 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.3% | #86 of 264 |
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
127
-44 (-26%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 233
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 127 | 9.8 | 13.0:1 | 69% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 149 | 9 | 16.6:1 | 85% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 10.5 | 17.7:1 | 84% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 171 | 10 | 17.1:1 | 84% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 136 | 8 | 16.9:1 | 85% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 132 | 11 | 12.0:1 | 53% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 161 | 11 | 14.6:1 | 80% (128) |
| 2000-01 | 233 | 15 | 15.5:1 | 60% (139) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheffield Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (136 to 127); teachers up 21% (8 to 9.8).
About Sheffield Junior High School
A very small middle-grades school in Sheffield, Alabama, Sheffield Junior High School is part of Sheffield City. The school covers grades 7 through 8 and reported 127 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Alabama enroll around 508, and this school is 75% below that mark.
Sheffield City (4 schools, 1,029 students) runs Sheffield Junior High School.
The student body at Sheffield Junior High School has no majority group. White students lead at 45%. Next come 33% Black, 12% multiracial, and 9% Hispanic. The county population is about 77% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Sheffield Junior High School comes to 9.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.0:1. The school's 13.0:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for middle schools in Alabama. On the income side, 69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Colbert County is 19 points.
Sheffield Junior High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of Alabama public middle schools.
Sheffield Junior High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (30.8%) and its predicted rate (33.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
In Colbert County, home to about 58,022 people, the median household earns about $60,628 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Sheffield Junior High School shares Colbert County with 24 other public schools.
Sheffield High School is the nearest public school to Sheffield Junior High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 45.5%, higher than Sheffield Junior High School's 30.8%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
A 26% decrease took enrollment from 171 in 2020-21 to 127 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.1:1 to 13.0:1.
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Colbert County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,022
Census ACS
Median income
$60,628
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,178 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheffield City
- WA Threadgill Primary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Sheffield High SchoolHigh · 305 students
- L E Willson Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in Sheffield
- WA Threadgill Primary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Sheffield High SchoolHigh · 305 students
- L E Willson Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Nearby schools
- Sheffield High School0.1 mi · 305
- WA Threadgill Primary School0.3 mi · 344
- L E Willson Elementary School0.3 mi · 253
- Deshler Middle School2.2 mi · 336
- Deshler High School2.2 mi · 488
- Kilby Laboratory School2.5 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About Sheffield Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sheffield Junior High School?
Sheffield Junior High School enrolls approximately 127 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Sheffield Junior High School serve?
Sheffield Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sheffield Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sheffield Junior High School is approximately 13.0:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sheffield Junior High School?
At Sheffield Junior High School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 9% Hispanic, 33% Black, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Sheffield Junior High School?
Sheffield Junior High School is overseen by Sheffield City in Colbert County.
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