Enrollment
176
Middle
DISTRICT 178 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS COUNTY·NCES 010111000408
Tipton Durant Middle School
2500 Tipton St, Selma, AL 36701 · (334) 872-8080 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL176 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Alabama public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
24.0:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
163 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 6 | 57 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 32% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
18.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
0.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 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
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.7%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Tipton Durant Middle School
Tipton Durant Middle School's state test result (8.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tipton Durant Middle School this school | 176 | 92.6% | 8.8% |
| Mobile County Training Middle School Mobile | 193 | 94.3% | 17.0% |
| Camden School Of Arts Technology Camden | 148 | 91.2% | 20.4% |
| Greensboro Middle School Greensboro | 215 | 89.8% | 24.8% |
| Hayneville Middle School Hayneville | 144 | 88.2% | 17.5% |
| Booker T Washington Middle School Mobile | 270 | 92.6% | 18.5% |
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 Tipton Durant Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #259 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 0.0% | #260 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #259 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 176 | #252 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #5 of 264 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #50 of 151 |
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
176
-47 (-21%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 176 | 7.3 | 24.0:1 | 93% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 7.3 | 24.8:1 | 92% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 10.3 | 17.9:1 | 92% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 11 | 20.3:1 | 92% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 212 | 10.3 | 20.5:1 | 92% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 12 | 21.9:1 | 75% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 2 | 128.5:1 | 97% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 25 | 19.1:1 | 94% (451) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 21 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tipton Durant Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (212 to 176); teachers down 29% (10.3 to 7.3).
About Tipton Durant Middle School
Tipton Durant Middle School is a very small middle school in Selma, Alabama, one of the schools in Dallas County. It enrolls 176 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8. The school is 65% below the average for middle schools in Alabama.
Besides Tipton Durant Middle School, Dallas County runs 10 other schools. The district enrolls 2,283 students.
The share of Black students at Tipton Durant Middle School is 93%. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 23 points above the 70% share among Dallas County residents. The diversity index for Tipton Durant Middle School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 7.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.0:1. Middle schools in Alabama have an average ratio of 17.9:1. At Tipton Durant Middle School, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Dallas County report 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tipton Durant Middle School lands at D, ahead of 7% of Alabama public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 16.7% at Tipton Durant Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 8.8%.
Census data for Dallas County show the median household earns about $35,627 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 26%. Public schools in Dallas County number 23, with about 4,584 students.
A public school about 1.8 miles away, Southside Primary School, is the closest to Tipton Durant Middle School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Tipton Durant Middle School is behind the 23.2% nearby average, ranking 8th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 21% drop, from 223 to 176. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 20.3:1 in 2020-21 to 24.0:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Tipton Durant Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,858
Census ACS
Median income
$35,627
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
26%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
4,584 students
Quick facts
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- Valley Grande Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Dallas County High SchoolHigh · 334 students
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 285 students
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- William R Martin Middle SchoolMiddle · 180 students
Other schools in Selma
- Selma High SchoolHigh · 680 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Meadowview Elementary SchoolElementary · 334 students
- Sophia P Kingston Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Southside High SchoolHigh · 285 students
- The RBHudson STEAM AcademyMiddle · 279 students
Nearby schools
- Southside Primary School1.8 mi · 147
- Bruce K Craig Elementary School1.9 mi · 151
- Clark Elementary School2.8 mi · 113
- Sophia P Kingston Elementary School3.0 mi · 305
- Payne Elementary School3.4 mi · 164
- Meadowview Elementary School3.7 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Tipton Durant Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tipton Durant Middle School?
Tipton Durant Middle School enrolls approximately 176 students in grades 06-08.
Is Tipton Durant Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tipton Durant Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Tipton Durant Middle School?
Approximately 24.0:1 students per teacher at Tipton Durant Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tipton Durant Middle School?
At Tipton Durant Middle School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Tipton Durant Middle School public or private?
Tipton Durant Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dallas County.
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