Geneva Middle School

Geneva Middle School operates as a modestly sized 6-8 campus in Geneva, Alabama, overseen by Geneva City. Current enrollment sits at 298 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% leaner than the state mean of about 508.

Geneva Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Geneva City, a district that instructs 1,229 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Geneva Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Geneva County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at Geneva Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Geneva Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.9%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of +14.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Geneva County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,771 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Geneva County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,043 students), Geneva Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Geneva High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Geneva Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Geneva Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Geneva Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 303 (now 298).

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