Sparkman Middle School

Located at 2697 Carters Gin Rd, in Toney, Alabama, Sparkman Middle School is a mid-sized middle school that teaches 723 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Madison County. Enrollment runs roughly 42% above the state mean of about 508.

Madison County comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 20,691 students; Sparkman Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sparkman Middle School logs that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 36% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 24% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sparkman Middle School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Madison County's rate of about 41%.

With demographic context factored in, Sparkman Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.9%; this one delivers 37.4%.

Around the school, census data for Madison County shows median household earnings sit near $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Sparkman Middle School is one of 89 public schools in Madison County (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students).

Sparkman Ninth Grade School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sparkman Middle School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sparkman Middle School has decreased 9%, going from 796 students in 2018 to 723 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 52% to 36%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.