Middle · Alabama

Lowndes County Middle School

Free meals for all

Lowndes County Middle School, a public middle school in Fort Deposit, Alabama: grades 6–8, 104 students, 12.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lowndes 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
104
Teachers (FTE)
8.5
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 18.0 · 261 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 74% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 99% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 449 · 263 schools compared

Smaller than 94% 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

+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 82% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 56% · 263 middle schools compared

77 students tested, grades 6, 7 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Alabama: 35%

6.5%proficient

+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 87% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 24% · 263 middle schools compared

77 students tested, grades 6, 7 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

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
Distant rural area

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

Location

Address
301 Old School Drive, Fort Deposit, AL 36032
Phone
(334)227-4206
City or town
Fort Deposit

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Greenville Middle SchoolFree meals for all
5–851319.035%6.9%
Hayneville Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–814416.931%6.6%

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

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.

NCES 010216001637