Middle · Alabama
Ira F Simmons Middle School
Ira F Simmons Middle School, a public middle school in Hoover, Alabama: grades 6–8, 860 students, 13.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Hoover City.
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
- 860
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.9
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 94% of middle schools in Alabama
Median 18.0 · 261 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 56% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 90% of middle schools in Alabama
Median 449 · 263 schools compared
Larger than 83% 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%76%proficient
+1.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 85% of middle schools in Alabama
Median 56% · 263 middle schools compared
843 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%51%proficient
+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 88% of middle schools in Alabama
Median 24% · 263 middle schools compared
863 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
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Hoover City
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Hoover City.
Location
- Address
- 1575 Patton Chapel Road, Hoover, AL 35226
- Phone
- (205)439-2100
- City or town
- Hoover
- County
- Jefferson County
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 1,131 | 15.1 | 92% | 71% | |
| 6–8 | 1,192 | 15.3 | 85% | 56% | |
| 6–8 | 835 | 18.6 | 62% | 25% | |
| 6–12 | 1,058 | 14.6 | 83% | 58% | |
Jones Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 465 | 21.6 | 25% | 3.0% |
| 6–8 | 1,000 | 14.5 | 82% | 63% |
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.
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.
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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