Middle · Alabama
Sanford Middle School
Free meals for allSanford Middle School, a public middle school in Opelika, Alabama: grades 5–8, 533 students, 15.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lee 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
- 533
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.4
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- Grades
- 5–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in Alabama
Median 18.0 · 261 schools compared
More students per teacher than 58% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 61% of middle schools in Alabama
Median 449 · 263 schools compared
Larger than 51% 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%52%proficient
+12.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Alabama
Median 56% · 263 middle schools compared
518 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · ACAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alabama: 35%26%proficient
+2.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of middle schools in Alabama
Median 24% · 263 middle schools compared
521 students tested, grades 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 5–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
- Run by
- Lee County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lee County.
Location
- Address
- 1500 Lee Road 11, Opelika, AL 36804
- Phone
- (334)705-6040
- County
- Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–7 | 733 | 17.5 | 77% | 49% | |
| 6 | 720 | 18.5 | 78% | 58% | |
| 4–8 | 812 | 16.3 | 50% | 23% | |
| 6 | 392 | 18.8 | 57% | 32% | |
Smiths Station Junior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–8 | 910 | 16.9 | 60% | 20% |
Tuskegee Public ElementaryFree meals for all | 4–8 | 261 | 20.1 | 44% | 18% |
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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