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Wilson Hall Middle School

401 Carter Drive, Grove Hill, AL 36451 · (251) 250-2140 · Clarke County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Alabama public middle schools
  • C-Test 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

Enrollment
201
Middle
DISTRICT 240 · STATE 508
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
156 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 54020%
Grade 65829%
Grade 75125%
Grade 85226%
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
6834%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
11%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
12663%
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Two+
63%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
9547%
Female
10653%

School pathway

Feeds from
Grove Hill Elementary SchoolPK–04
Based on grade levels within Clarke County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
44.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
8.1%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Wilson Hall Middle School

Wilson Hall Middle School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Wilson Hall Middle School this school20177.6%23.4%
Childersburg Middle School
Childersburg
24574.3%38.2%
Jackson Middle School
Jackson
27873.7%29.3%
William R Martin Middle School
Valley Grande
18085.0%26.7%
John P Powell Middle School
Lafayette
14076.4%16.8%
Charles Henderson Middle
Troy
26369.6%42.8%
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 Wilson Hall Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Alabama
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
23.4%#206 of 260
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
8.1%#216 of 260
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.9%#192 of 260
Enrollment
ranked largest first
201#246 of 265
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.1:1#206 of 244
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
49.2%#125 of 246
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
77.6%#50 of 264
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.0%#44 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 2024-25
Enrollment
201
-50 (-20%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252011020.1:178% (156)
2023-2421811.319.4:179% (172)
2022-2321315.314.0:178% (167)
2020-212511417.9:178% (197)
2017-1824814.517.1:179% (195)
2015-162871915.1:158% (166)
2010-113582514.3:176% (273)
2000-013752018.8:168% (254)
1990-914642122.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wilson Hall Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 19% (248 to 201); teachers down 31% (14.5 to 10).

About Wilson Hall Middle School

Wilson Hall Middle School is a middle school in Grove Hill, Alabama, reachable at (251) 250-2140. It had 201 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 5 through 8. Middle schools in Alabama average about 508 students, which makes this school 60% below average.

Clarke County runs Wilson Hall Middle School along with 6 other schools, enrolling 2,130 students in total.

At Wilson Hall Middle School, 63% of students are Black. It is also 34% White and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Clarke County is roughly 45% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wilson Hall Middle School scores 49%.

Staffing at Wilson Hall Middle School comes to 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20.1:1. Middle schools in Alabama average 17.9:1, 2.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Wilson Hall Middle School counts 78% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

On the allk12 Grade, Wilson Hall Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Alabama public middle schools.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Wilson Hall Middle School is -4.2 points: 23.4% actual, 27.6% predicted.

In Clarke County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $49,249, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 10 public schools and about 3,143 students.

Clarke County High School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Wilson Hall Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.

The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.

From 251 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 201 by 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 17.9 in 2020-21 to 20.1 in 2024-25.

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Clarke County at a glance

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Population
22,543
Census ACS
Median income
$49,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,143 students

Quick facts

School name
Wilson Hall Middle School
District
Clarke County
Address
401 Carter Drive, Grove Hill, AL 36451
Phone
(251) 250-2140
County
Clarke County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–08
Total enrollment
201
Teachers (FTE)
10
Student–teacher ratio
20.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
156 (78%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
010072000306
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Wilson Hall Middle School
How large is Wilson Hall Middle School?
Wilson Hall Middle School enrolls approximately 201 students in grades 05-08.
Is Wilson Hall Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wilson Hall Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Wilson Hall Middle School?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Wilson Hall Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wilson Hall Middle School?
At Wilson Hall Middle School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 1% Hispanic, 63% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Wilson Hall Middle School?
Wilson Hall Middle School is overseen by Clarke County in Clarke County.
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