Stevenson Middle School

Stevenson Middle School operates as a small middle-grades school in Stevenson, Alabama, part of Jackson County. Current enrollment sits at 235 students spanning grades 5 through 8. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 508 students.

Across the 16 schools in Jackson County (5,159 students total), Stevenson Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stevenson Middle School logs that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 15% Hispanic, 11% Native American, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Stevenson Middle School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stevenson Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.5%; this one delivers 44.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household income runs about $51,908, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Jackson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,616 students), Stevenson Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Stevenson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Stevenson Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stevenson Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 296 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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