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Enrollment
647
Middle
DISTRICT 679 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMORE COUNTY·NCES 010129000102
Wetumpka Middle School
1000 Micanopy St, Wetumpka, AL 36092 · (334) 567-1413 · Elmore County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% 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.
- BBeats 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
18.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
381 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 138 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 163 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 28% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
55.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
27.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Wetumpka Middle School
Wetumpka Middle School's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetumpka Middle School this school | 647 | 58.9% | 42.2% |
| Sparkman Middle School Toney | 723 | 59.3% | 37.4% |
| W F Burns Middle School Valley | 545 | 57.4% | 28.2% |
| Florence Middle School Florence | 663 | 55.7% | 42.5% |
| NicholsLawson Middle School Sylacauga | 446 | 60.1% | 39.1% |
| Calera Middle Montevallo | 767 | 62.5% | 34.8% |
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 Wetumpka Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Elmore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #126 of 260 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #115 of 260 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #137 of 260 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #67 of 265 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #154 of 244 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #43 of 246 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #131 of 264 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.8% | #16 of 151 | N/A |
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
647
-302 (-32%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 22.1:1
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 | 647 | 34.5 | 18.8:1 | 59% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 72% (487) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 73% (536) |
| 2020-21 | 949 | 43 | 22.1:1 | 52% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 978 | 46 | 21.3:1 | 54% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 956 | 41 | 23.3:1 | 53% (506) |
| 2010-11 | 929 | 42 | 22.1:1 | 51% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 805 | 45 | 17.9:1 | 45% (360) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wetumpka Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (978 to 647); teachers down 25% (46 to 34.5).
About Wetumpka Middle School
Wetumpka Middle School is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in Wetumpka, Alabama. Classes run from 5 through 8, and the school has 647 students. The average for middle schools in Alabama is about 508 students, so this school is 27% above average.
Wetumpka Middle School is run by Elmore County, whose 16 schools enroll 11,741 students.
White students are the largest group at Wetumpka Middle School, with 47% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 37% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Elmore County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Wetumpka Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The school employs the equivalent of 34.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 18.8:1. Among middle schools in Alabama, the typical ratio is 17.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 59%. Public schools in Elmore County average 47%.
allk12 grades Wetumpka Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Alabama public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Wetumpka Middle School scores 42.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 41.2%.
Elmore County has these Census figures: median household income is about $78,243, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Elmore County number 26 and enroll about 13,867.
The nearest public school is Wetumpka High School, at about 0.3 miles. Wetumpka Middle School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 54.9% proficiency; Wetumpka Middle School posts 42.2%.
NCES describes the area around Wetumpka Middle School as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Wetumpka Middle School went from 949 students to 647. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.1:1 to 18.8:1.
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Elmore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
89,526
Census ACS
Median income
$78,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
13,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmore County
- Wetumpka High SchoolHigh · 1,219 students
- Stanhope Elmore High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Millbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,071 students
- Holtville Elementary SchoolElementary · 877 students
- Wetumpka Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Coosada Elementary SchoolElementary · 797 students
Other schools in Wetumpka
- Wetumpka High SchoolHigh · 1,219 students
- Wetumpka Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Redland Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Redland Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Elmore County Technical CenterHigh
- Tutwiler PrisonElementary
Nearby schools
- Wetumpka High School0.3 mi · 1,219
- EDGE Virtual School0.4 mi · 456
- Wetumpka Elementary School0.4 mi · 868
- Airport Road Intermediate School7.5 mi · 536
- Coosada Elementary School7.9 mi · 797
- Redland Elementary School8.0 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Wetumpka Middle SchoolHow large is Wetumpka Middle School?
Wetumpka Middle School enrolls approximately 647 students in grades 05-08.
Is Wetumpka Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wetumpka Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Wetumpka Middle School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Wetumpka Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Wetumpka Middle School?
Student demographics at Wetumpka Middle School are roughly 47% White, 9% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wetumpka Middle School?
Wetumpka Middle School is overseen by Elmore County in Elmore County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.