Enrollment
184
Middle
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM CITY·NCES 010039000175
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet
1757 Montclair Rd, Birmingham, AL 35210 · (205) 231-8680 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL184 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% 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
10.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
155 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 66 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 49 | 27% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
24.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
4.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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
12.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet's state test result (12.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet this school | 184 | 84.2% | 12.6% |
| Legacy Prep Intermediate Birmingham | 219 | 84.5% | N/A |
| Thurgood Marshall Middle School Evergreen | 167 | 83.8% | 21.9% |
| Hayneville Middle School Hayneville | 144 | 88.2% | 17.5% |
| Greensboro Middle School Greensboro | 215 | 89.8% | 24.8% |
| Tuskegee Public Elementary Tuskegee | 261 | 86.2% | 29.2% |
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 WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #251 of 260 | #27 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.6% | #237 of 260 | #21 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #250 of 260 | #28 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 184 | #249 of 265 | #32 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #36 of 264 | #11 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.2% | #9 of 151 | #1 of 17 |
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
184
-106 (-37%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 368
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 184 | 17 | 10.8:1 | 84% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 201 | 15 | 13.4:1 | 91% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 210 | 14 | 15.0:1 | 90% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 19 | 15.3:1 | 91% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 16 | 20.3:1 | 91% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 17 | 19.0:1 | 73% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 18 | 18.6:1 | 74% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 23 | 18.2:1 | 38% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 368 | 20 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (324 to 184); teachers up 6% (16 to 17).
About WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet is a small middle school located in Birmingham, Alabama. A total of 184 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Alabama is about 508 students, so this school is 64% smaller than average.
A total of 43 schools make up Birmingham City, with 20,954 students enrolled.
The student body at WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet is 92% Black. Other groups include 4% Hispanic and 2% White. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 42% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 14% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.8:1. That is lower than the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. The lunch program counts 84% of students at WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is 52%.
The allk12 Grade for WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet is D. Compared with Alabama public middle schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet falls in the middle 80% of Alabama schools: 12.6% actual against 22.8% predicted.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $66,388, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Jefferson County is home to 181 public schools and about 97,401 public school students.
The school nearest to WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet is Irondale Community School, at a distance of about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet declined 37% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 290 to 184 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 10.8:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
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Frequently asked questions
About WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnetWhat is the total enrollment at WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet?
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet enrolls approximately 184 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet serve?
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet have?
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet?
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet reports a student body of 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 92% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet?
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet is overseen by Birmingham City in Jefferson County.
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