Middle · Alabama

Burns Middle School

Free meals for all

Burns Middle School, a public middle school in Mobile, Alabama: grades 6–8, 568 students, 15.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mobile County.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 568
Teachers (FTE): 37.0
Students per teacher: 15.4
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 18.0 · 261 schools compared

More students per teacher than 57% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 65% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 449 · 263 schools compared

Larger than 55% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alabama's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Alabama: 60%

36%proficient

+3.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 56% · 263 middle schools compared

560 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Alabama: 35%

9.3%proficient

+3.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 78% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 24% · 263 middle schools compared

573 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Mobile County

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mobile County.

Location

Address: 6175 Girby Rd, Mobile, AL 36693
Phone: (251)221-2025
City or town: Mobile
County: Mobile County

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Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Denton Magnet School of TechnologyFree meals for all	6–8	334	20.9	85%	52%	3.7 mi
Katherine H Hankins Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	771	19.3	43%	11%	4.5 mi
Acceleration Preparatory AcademyCharterFree meals for all	6–8	322	—	25%	2.0%	4.7 mi
Bernice J Causey Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	1,339	19.7	63%	29%	4.8 mi
Pillans Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	440	17.6	22%	2.9%	5.9 mi
Phillips Preparatory Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	453	13.3	92%	51%	6.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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