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Enrollment
424
Middle
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRMINGHAM CITY·NCES 010039000196
Wilkerson Middle School
116 11th Ct W, Birmingham, AL 35204 · (205) 231-2740 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% 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
35.3:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.2:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
373 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
5
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 | 139 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 148 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 32% |
Student demographics
34%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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
20.3%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
1.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 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
11.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Wilkerson Middle School
Wilkerson Middle School's state test result (11.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkerson Middle School this school | 424 | 88.0% | 11.8% |
| South Highlands Middle School Union Springs | 382 | 87.4% | 17.0% |
| Jones Valley Middle School Birmingham | 465 | 85.8% | 11.6% |
| Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School Birmingham | 330 | 87.9% | 17.6% |
| Bellingrath Middle School Montgomery | 583 | 87.5% | 8.0% |
| Southlawn Middle School Montgomery | 494 | 86.0% | 10.0% |
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 Wilkerson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #254 of 260 | #29 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 1.7% | #256 of 260 | #29 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #255 of 260 | #30 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #148 of 265 | #20 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 35.3:1 | #244 of 244 | #30 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #180 of 246 | #16 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #17 of 264 | #2 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.0% | #12 of 79 | #1 of 12 |
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
424
+25 (+6%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
35.3:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 424 | 12 | 35.3:1 | 88% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 17 | 25.0:1 | 88% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 17 | 22.9:1 | 89% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 16 | 24.9:1 | 88% (353) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 16 | 19.6:1 | 89% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 71% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 16 | 23.3:1 | 82% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 21 | 19.2:1 | 34% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 24 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilkerson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (314 to 424); teachers down 25% (16 to 12).
About Wilkerson Middle School
Wilkerson Middle School is a small middle school in Birmingham, Alabama. The school counts 424 students across grades 6 through 8.
Birmingham City enrolls 20,954 students, and its 43 schools include Wilkerson Middle School.
Wilkerson Middle School is 79% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 18% Hispanic. Among people living in Jefferson County, the Black share is about 42%. Wilkerson Middle School's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Wilkerson Middle School, 12 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 35.3:1. That is higher than the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Roughly 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 52%.
The allk12 Grade for Wilkerson Middle School is D. Compared with Alabama public middle schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Wilkerson Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 11.8% is 8.3 points below the 20.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Jefferson County residents, the median household income is $66,388, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Wilkerson Middle School, Jefferson County has 180 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Tuggle Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wilkerson Middle School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place Wilkerson Middle School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment increase, from 399 in 2020-21 to 424 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 24.9:1 to 35.3:1.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Huffman High SchoolMagnetHigh · 1,094 students
- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
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- Parker High SchoolHigh · 942 students
- Fultondale High SchoolHigh · 848 students
- Glen Iris Elementary SchoolElementary · 827 students
Nearby schools
- Tuggle Elementary School0.6 mi · 423
- Parker High School0.8 mi · 942
- Bush Hills STEAM Academy1.6 mi · 370
- Princeton School1.9 mi · 195
- Phillips Academy1.9 mi · 609
- Washington K82.0 mi · 617
Frequently asked questions
About Wilkerson Middle SchoolHow large is Wilkerson Middle School?
Wilkerson Middle School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades 06-08.
Is Wilkerson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilkerson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Wilkerson Middle School have?
Wilkerson Middle School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 35.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wilkerson Middle School?
Student demographics at Wilkerson Middle School are roughly 1% White, 18% Hispanic, 79% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Wilkerson Middle School public or private?
Wilkerson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Birmingham City.
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