Tipton Durant Middle School

Tipton Durant Middle School is a middle-grades school of micro-enrollment scale in Selma, Alabama, overseen by Dallas County, caters to 176 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 508 students per school, that is 65% leaner than typical.

Dallas County runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 2,283 students. Tipton Durant Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Tipton Durant Middle School records that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest consists of 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at Tipton Durant Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Dallas County's rate of about 85%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tipton Durant Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.7%; this one delivers 8.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $35,627 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,584 students), Tipton Durant Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Southside Primary School, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tipton Durant Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Tipton Durant Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.9%.

Tipton Durant Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Tipton Durant Middle School's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 212 (now 176). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 93% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Tipton Durant Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.