Middle · Alabama

Sansom Middle School

Free meals for all

Sansom Middle School, a public middle school in Gadsden, Alabama: grades 6–8, 339 students, 16.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gadsden 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: 339
Teachers (FTE): 20.4
Students per teacher: 16.6
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 18.0 · 261 schools compared

More students per teacher than 67% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 72% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 449 · 263 schools compared

Smaller than 71% 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%

46%proficient

+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 69% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 56% · 263 middle schools compared

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

Math

Alabama: 35%

15%proficient

+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 70% of middle schools in Alabama

Median 24% · 263 middle schools compared

323 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: Small city
Run by: Gadsden City

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

Location

Address: 2210 W Meighan Blvd, Gadsden, AL 35904
Phone: (256)546-4992
City or town: Gadsden
County: Etowah County

Quality of life in Gadsden Schools in Gadsden

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
Gadsden Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	438	18.6	54%	31%	1.9 mi
Litchfield Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	252	16.3	32%	6.1%	4.4 mi
Etowah Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	342	17.9	49%	17%	4.8 mi
Rainbow Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	634	20.4	68%	26%	5.4 mi
Glencoe Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5–8	272	16.7	71%	21%	6.9 mi
Hokes Bluff Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	253	16.3	63%	33%	9.7 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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