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Alumni: what's one memory from Southlawn Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
494
Middle
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001111
Southlawn Middle School
5333 Mobile Hwy, Montgomery, AL 36108 · (334) 284-8086 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Alabama public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
425 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 176 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 33% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
18.8%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
1.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 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
10.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.5%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Southlawn Middle School
Southlawn Middle School's state test result (10.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southlawn Middle School this school | 494 | 86.0% | 10.0% |
| Bessemer City Middle School Bessemer | 616 | 84.4% | 13.9% |
| South Highlands Middle School Union Springs | 382 | 87.4% | 17.0% |
| Wilkerson Middle School Birmingham | 424 | 88.0% | 11.8% |
| Bellingrath Middle School Montgomery | 583 | 87.5% | 8.0% |
| Jones Valley Middle School Birmingham | 465 | 85.8% | 11.6% |
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 Southlawn Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #258 of 260 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.7% | #257 of 260 | #10 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #258 of 260 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #116 of 265 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #19 of 244 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #149 of 246 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #26 of 264 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #132 of 151 | N/A |
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
494
-95 (-16%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 86% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 96% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 96% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 589 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 96% (566) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 29 | 17.6:1 | 96% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 81% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 39 | 11.9:1 | 91% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 48 | 15.1:1 | 89% (641) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southlawn Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (509 to 494); teachers up 17% (29 to 34).
About Southlawn Middle School
As a mid-sized middle school, Southlawn Middle School serves students in Montgomery, Alabama. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 494 students.
Besides Southlawn Middle School, Montgomery County runs 50 other schools. The district enrolls 26,958 students.
At Southlawn Middle School, 73% of students are Black. Other students are 24% Hispanic and 2% White. That is higher than the 59% Black share among all Montgomery County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
Southlawn Middle School lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.5 students per teacher. The school's 14.5:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for middle schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 86% of the student body. The 67% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 19 points lower.
Southlawn Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Alabama public middle schools.
Southlawn Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 10.0%, compared with a predicted 21.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Alabama schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Montgomery County, home to about 226,718 people, the median household earns about $59,386 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Montgomery County number 60, with about 31,131 students.
Southlawn Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Southlawn Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Southlawn Middle School places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Southlawn Middle School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment decreased by 16% across 4 years, from 589 in 2020-21 to 494 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.5:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Southlawn Middle School can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
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Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Nearby schools
- Southlawn Elementary School0.3 mi · 395
- King Elementary2.2 mi · 293
- Davis Elementary School3.3 mi · 533
- Carver Elementary School3.3 mi · 374
- Carver Senior High School3.5 mi · 1,553
- LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute3.7 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About Southlawn Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southlawn Middle School?
Southlawn Middle School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Southlawn Middle School serve?
Southlawn Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Southlawn Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southlawn Middle School is approximately 14.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southlawn Middle School?
At Southlawn Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 24% Hispanic, 73% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Southlawn Middle School?
Southlawn Middle School is overseen by Montgomery County in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.