Southlawn Middle School

Southlawn Middle School is a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Montgomery, Alabama, run under Montgomery County. The school works with 494 students in grades 6 through 8.

Southlawn Middle School is one of 51 schools operated by Montgomery County, a district that works with 26,958 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Southlawn Middle School logs that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 2% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Southlawn Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.5%; this one delivers 10.0%.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,386 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Montgomery County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), Southlawn Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Southlawn Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southlawn Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southlawn Middle School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southlawn Middle School has fell 3%, going from 509 students in 2018 to 494 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 90% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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.