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Enrollment
723
Middle
DISTRICT 877 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MADISON COUNTY·NCES 010222001412
Sparkman Middle School
2697 Carters Gin Rd, Toney, AL 35773 · (256) 851-4610 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL723 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
429 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 | 228 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 37% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
52.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
16.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 →
Where Sparkman Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #153 of 260 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #180 of 260 | #15 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #148 of 260 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 723 | #54 of 265 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #124 of 244 | #7 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #5 of 246 | #3 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.3% | #126 of 264 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #88 of 151 | #3 of 6 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
723
-97 (-12%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 723 | 40 | 18.1:1 | 59% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 823 | 40 | 20.6:1 | 65% (531) |
| 2022-23 | 859 | 40 | 21.5:1 | 60% (518) |
| 2020-21 | 820 | 40 | 20.5:1 | 45% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 796 | 34 | 23.4:1 | 48% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 36 | 21.5:1 | 51% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 829 | 46 | 18.0:1 | 44% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 823 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 35% (284) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sparkman Middle School.
About Sparkman Middle School
Sparkman Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with an address in Toney, Alabama. In all, 723 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 42% larger than the 508-student average for middle schools in Alabama.
Madison County has a total of 28 schools and 20,691 students, Sparkman Middle School among them.
At Sparkman Middle School, Black students make up the biggest share, 39%. The remaining students are 36% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Native American. Among people living in Madison County, the Black share is about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Sparkman Middle School totals 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Sparkman Middle School is about 59%. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Madison County, the school's rate is higher.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 40.9% at Sparkman Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Madison County show that median household income comes to about $86,499, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 89, with about 55,800 students.
Of the public schools around it, Sparkman Middle School is closest to Sparkman Ninth Grade School, about 2.2 miles away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sparkman Middle School at 8th of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Sparkman Middle School enrolled 820 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 723. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 20.5:1 to 18.1:1.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Madison County
- Sparkman High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Hazel Green High SchoolHigh · 1,454 students
- Buckhorn High SchoolHigh · 1,320 students
- Meridianville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,100 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Hazel Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 963 students
Nearby schools
- Sparkman Ninth Grade School2.2 mi · 621
- Sparkman High School2.3 mi · 1,770
- Harvest School2.4 mi · 663
- Madison Cross Roads Elementary School3.8 mi · 841
- Monrovia Middle School5.3 mi · 988
- Legacy Elementary School5.3 mi · 594
Frequently asked questions
About Sparkman Middle SchoolHow large is Sparkman Middle School?
Sparkman Middle School enrolls approximately 723 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sparkman Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sparkman Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sparkman Middle School have?
Sparkman Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
How diverse is Sparkman Middle School?
Sparkman Middle School reports a student body of 36% White, 13% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Sparkman Middle School public or private?
Sparkman Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Madison County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.