Middle · Alabama

Empower Community School Upper Campus

Charter

Empower Community School Upper Campus, a public middle school in Bessemer, Alabama: grades 4–8, 211 students, — students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Empower Schools of Alabama.

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: 211
Teachers (FTE): —
Students per teacher: —
Grades: 4–8; Middle

The school reported no teacher count for this year.

Smaller than 92% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 449 · 263 schools compared

Smaller than 85% 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%

40%proficient

A lower share proficient than 77% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 56% · 263 middle schools compared

128 students tested, grades 4, 7, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Alabama: 35%

2.0%proficient

A lower share proficient than 95% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 24% · 263 middle schools compared

196 students tested, grades 4, 5, 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 4–8
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Empower Schools of Alabama

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Empower Schools of Alabama.

Location

Address: 751A Academy Drive, Bessemer, AL 35022
Phone: (205)413-8600
City or town: Bessemer
County: Jefferson County

Website Quality of life in Bessemer Schools in Bessemer

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
Bessemer City Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	616	20.5	25%	6.6%	0.9 mi
McAdory Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	841	17.3	46%	7.7%	2.3 mi
Hueytown Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	755	16.1	40%	5.9%	5.3 mi
Rutledge SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	288	19.9	30%	5.5%	6.9 mi
Robert F Bumpus Middle School	6–8	1,192	15.3	85%	56%	8.5 mi
Jefferson County International Baccalaureate SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	345	17.7	98%	81%	8.9 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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