Enrollment
281
Middle
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMASVILLE CITY·NCES 010330002499
Thomasville Middle School
781 Gates Dr, Thomasville, AL 36784 · (334) 636-4928 · Clarke County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Alabama public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
181 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 5 | 95 | 34% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 21% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Thomasville Middle School→Thomasville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Thomasville City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
41.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Thomasville Middle School
Thomasville Middle School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomasville Middle School this school | 281 | 64.4% | 52.4% |
| Demopolis Middle School Demopolis | 394 | 59.4% | 46.5% |
| D A Smith Middle School Ozark | 388 | 69.6% | 31.4% |
| Childersburg Middle School Childersburg | 245 | 74.3% | 38.2% |
| Charles Henderson Middle Troy | 263 | 69.6% | 42.8% |
| NicholsLawson Middle School Sylacauga | 446 | 60.1% | 39.1% |
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 Thomasville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #73 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #56 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #87 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #219 of 265 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #98 of 244 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #111 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.4% | #97 of 264 |
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
281
-58 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 281 | 16.1 | 17.5:1 | 64% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 14 | 19.1:1 | 70% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 15 | 17.7:1 | 70% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 18 | 18.8:1 | 59% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Thomasville Middle School.
About Thomasville Middle School
Thomasville Middle School is a public middle school in Thomasville, Alabama. A federal count lists 281 students at the school, in grades 5 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Alabama) has about 508 students.
Thomasville City is the district for Thomasville Middle School. It has 3 schools and 1,013 students.
Black students make up a majority at Thomasville Middle School, at 54%. Smaller groups are 43% White. For comparison, the population of Clarke County is roughly 45% Black. Thomasville Middle School's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 16.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.5:1. That matches the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Thomasville Middle School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Thomasville Middle School is 15.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alabama schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Clarke County, the median household income is $49,249, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, Clarke County has 10 public schools and roughly 3,143 students.
The nearest public school is Thomasville High School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Thomasville Middle School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Thomasville Middle School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 58 fewer students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 18.8 to 17.5 over 4 years.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Clarke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,543
Census ACS
Median income
$49,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thomasville City
- Thomasville Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Thomasville High SchoolHigh · 305 students
Other schools in Thomasville
- Thomasville Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Thomasville High SchoolHigh · 305 students
Other Thomasville Middle schools
One other US public school is named Thomasville Middle. Thomasville Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Thomasville MiddleThomasville, NC · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Thomasville High School0.1 mi · 305
- Thomasville Elementary School0.3 mi · 427
- F S Ervin Elementary School10.3 mi · 197
- Marengo High School12.0 mi · 223
- Grove Hill Elementary School12.7 mi · 348
- Clarke County High School12.7 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Thomasville Middle SchoolHow many students attend Thomasville Middle School?
Thomasville Middle School enrolls approximately 281 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Thomasville Middle School serve?
Thomasville Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Thomasville Middle School?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Thomasville Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Thomasville Middle School?
Student demographics at Thomasville Middle School are roughly 43% White, 2% Hispanic, 54% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Thomasville Middle School in?
Thomasville Middle School is part of Thomasville City.
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