Spanish Fort Middle School

Spanish Fort Middle School is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in Spanish Fort, Alabama, part of Baldwin County, with 649 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% bigger than the state mean of about 508.

Spanish Fort Middle School is one of 42 schools operated by Baldwin County, a district that educates 31,965 students overall.

Demographically, Spanish Fort Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest reads as 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, Spanish Fort Middle School shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Baldwin County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Spanish Fort Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.8%; this one delivers 68.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Baldwin County indicate median household income runs about $78,775, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Baldwin County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,975 students), of which Spanish Fort Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Spanish Fort High School, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Spanish Fort Middle School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 34%: 990 students in 2018 compared to 649 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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