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Enrollment
649
Middle
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN COUNTY·NCES 010027001888
Spanish Fort Middle School
33899 Jimmy Faulkner Dr, Spanish Fort, AL 36527 · (251) 625-3271 · Baldwin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Alabama public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
18.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
126 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 7 | 309 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 340 | 52% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
80.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
49.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Spanish Fort Middle School
Spanish Fort Middle School's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Fort Middle School this school | 649 | 19.4% | 68.1% |
| Fairhope Middle School Fairhope | 775 | 27.2% | 68.9% |
| Chelsea Middle School Chelsea | 831 | 29.0% | 62.3% |
| Springville Middle School Springville | 723 | 28.4% | 51.4% |
| Hampton Cove Middle School Hampton Cove | 785 | 10.8% | 76.8% |
| Helena Middle Helena | 957 | 27.5% | 55.5% |
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 Spanish Fort Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Baldwin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #20 of 260 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #34 of 260 | #3 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #19 of 260 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #65 of 265 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #134 of 244 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.0% | #157 of 246 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #259 of 264 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.4% | #15 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
649
-153 (-19%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 729
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 649 | 35.3 | 18.4:1 | 19% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 36 | 18.0:1 | 28% (183) |
| 2022-23 | 622 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 28% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 802 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 18% (146) |
| 2017-18 | 990 | 46 | 21.5:1 | 19% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 849 | 42 | 20.2:1 | 14% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 15% (107) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spanish Fort Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (990 to 649); teachers down 23% (46 to 35.3).
About Spanish Fort Middle School
Spanish Fort Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Spanish Fort, Alabama, (ZIP code 36527). The latest federal count shows 649 students in grades 7 through 8. Against the 508-student average for middle schools in Alabama, enrollment here is 28% higher.
Spanish Fort Middle School is among 42 schools run by Baldwin County, which serves 31,965 students.
White students account for 77% of enrollment at Spanish Fort Middle School. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 2% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Spanish Fort Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
Spanish Fort Middle School's 35.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.4:1. Middle schools in Alabama average about 17.9:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 19%. The 40% average for public schools in Baldwin County is 21 points higher.
allk12 grades Spanish Fort Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Spanish Fort Middle School is 1.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (68.1% versus 69.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Spanish Fort Middle School is located in Baldwin County, where median household income is about $78,775, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Spanish Fort Middle School is one of 51 public schools in Baldwin County, which together enroll about 35,975 students.
Spanish Fort High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Spanish Fort Middle School at 3rd of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Spanish Fort Middle School saw enrollment fall 19% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.0:1 in 2020-21, and 18.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Baldwin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
246,989
Census ACS
Median income
$78,775
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
35,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Baldwin County
- Daphne High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Fairhope High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Foley High SchoolHigh · 1,520 students
- Robertsdale High SchoolHigh · 1,418 students
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Robertsdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,081 students
Other schools in Spanish Fort
- Spanish Fort High SchoolHigh · 1,115 students
- Spanish Fort Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Rockwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 682 students
Nearby schools
- Spanish Fort High School1.8 mi · 1,115
- Rockwell Elementary School2.6 mi · 682
- Stonebridge Elementary3.9 mi · 620
- Spanish Fort Elementary School4.1 mi · 726
- Stapleton School4.2 mi · 203
- Baldwin Preparatory Academy4.3 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Spanish Fort Middle SchoolHow large is Spanish Fort Middle School?
Spanish Fort Middle School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades 07-08.
Is Spanish Fort Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spanish Fort Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Spanish Fort Middle School have?
Spanish Fort Middle School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Spanish Fort Middle School?
Student demographics at Spanish Fort Middle School are roughly 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Spanish Fort Middle School in?
Spanish Fort Middle School is part of Baldwin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.