Wedowee Middle School

Wedowee Middle School is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in Wedowee, Alabama, overseen by Randolph County, works with 199 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 480 students each, so Wedowee Middle School sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

Wedowee Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Randolph County, a district that instructs 2,089 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Wedowee Middle School lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 20% Black, 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wedowee Middle School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wedowee Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Randolph County) shows that median household earnings sit near $52,338, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Wedowee Middle School is one of 12 public schools in Randolph County (combined enrollment of about 3,444 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wedowee Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wedowee Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 208 students in 2018 compared to 199 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 27% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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