Anniston Middle School

Summary:

Anniston Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Anniston, Alabama, with a student population of 393. The school is part of the Anniston City School District, which is ranked 120 out of 137 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's student population is predominantly African American, with over 85% of students identifying as such in recent years.

Anniston Middle School consistently performs well below the state averages in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. In 2023-2024, only 8.33% of 6th graders, 2.65% of 7th graders, and 7.58% of 8th graders were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 31.56%, 23.6%, and 22.06%, respectively. The school has been ranked in the bottom quartile of Alabama middle schools for the past several years, with rankings ranging from 339 out of 438 schools in 2013-2014 to 381 out of 442 schools in 2023-2024. It has consistently received a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating poor performance compared to other schools in the state. Anniston Middle School's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as African American students and students of low socioeconomic status.

Interestingly, Anniston Middle School's performance is significantly lower than that of nearby schools, such as Glencoe Middle School, Piedmont Middle School, and White Plains Middle School, which are located within 20 miles of Anniston Middle School and have higher academic achievement, better school rankings, and lower poverty rates. Additionally, Anniston Middle School's student population is overwhelmingly African American, with only 6-7% White students in recent years, which may contribute to the school's challenges in providing a well-rounded educational experience for its students.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4800 McClellan Blvd
       Anniston, AL  36206


(256) 231-5020

District: Anniston City

SchoolDigger Rank:
381st of 442 Alabama Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,119 Help


Students who attend Anniston Middle School usually attend:

High:    Anniston High School

Feeder schools for Anniston Middle School:

Elementary:    Cobb Preparatory Academy
    Golden Springs Elementary School
    Randolph Park Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  19.7 Help
Number of students:  394

Racial breakdown:

African American:
82.5%
White:
6.6%
Two or more races:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  91.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Anniston Middle School ranks worse than 86.2% of middle schools in Alabama. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 14.14. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (82.5%), White (6.6%), two or more races (6.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 91.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Anniston Middle School is 19.7. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Anniston Middle School is $13,119.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Anniston Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Anniston Middle School 381st of 442 Alabama public middle schools. (See Anniston Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Anniston City:

SchoolDigger ranks Anniston City 120th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Anniston Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 13.72 374th 407 8.1%
2005 19.77 357th 415 14.0%
2006 18.67 360th 409 12.0%
2007 6.06 397th 412 3.6%
2008 10.45 399th 417 4.3%
2009 15.32 386th 425 9.2%
2010 7.02 417th 435 4.1%
2011 12.35 397th 435 8.7%
2012 15.25 392nd 436 10.1%
2013 22.37 372nd 436 14.7%
2014 26.58 339th 438 22.6%
2015 18.55 350th 430 18.6%
2016 11.79 383rd 432 11.3%
2017 14.61 364th 432 15.7%
2018 10.18 384th 423 9.2%
2019 13.84 376th 437 14.0%
2021 10.43 424th 440 3.6%
2022 16.25 366th 432 15.3%
2023 11.91 398th 437 8.9%
2024 14.14 381st 442 13.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 22.58 67th 78 14.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.41 150th 223 32.7%
2019 44.98 131st 254 48.4%
2021 41.41 146th 274 46.7%
2022 70.44 36th 256 85.9%
2023 54.05 96th 281 65.8%
2024 53.63 97th 281 65.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 14.08 313th 349 10.3%
2018 16.57 342nd 396 13.6%
2019 17.72 349th 396 11.9%
2021 14.38 390th 415 6.0%
2022 19.70 362nd 421 14.0%
2023 17.32 366th 410 10.7%
2024 16.22 382nd 437 12.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 9.74 350th 380 7.9%
2018 9.81 363rd 392 7.4%
2019 11.76 362nd 399 9.3%
2021 11.12 395th 415 4.8%
2022 15.50 371st 423 12.3%
2023 11.18 386th 417 7.4%
2024 14.06 376th 426 11.7%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 5.14 18th 18 0.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 21.24 311th 380 18.2%
2018 12.16 354th 397 10.8%
2019 18.05 339th 399 15.0%
2021 10.79 404th 418 3.3%
2022 18.64 361st 427 15.5%
2023 14.31 367th 419 12.4%
2024 15.62 364th 428 15.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 33.95 141st 205 31.2%
2018 27.39 185th 247 25.1%
2019 30.73 186th 252 26.2%
2021 18.38 254th 266 4.5%
2022 29.68 200th 271 26.2%
2023 24.54 220th 263 16.3%
2024 26.29 207th 269 23.0%
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Rank History for White students at Anniston Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 30.21 275th 373 26.3%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Anniston Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1035 1035
1989 220 748 4 7 0 n/a n/a 0 979
1990 215 756 2 6 0 n/a n/a 0 979
1991 225 715 3 8 0 n/a n/a 0 951
1992 221 762 3 7 0 n/a n/a 0 993
1993 188 741 2 9 0 n/a n/a 0 940
1994 136 773 2 8 0 n/a n/a 0 919
1995 76 725 1 9 0 n/a n/a 0 811
1996 76 725 1 9 0 n/a n/a 0 811
1997 47 723 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 774
1998 95 551 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 649
1999 28 549 1 7 0 n/a n/a 0 585
2000 23 489 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 514
2001 31 508 0 2 0 n/a n/a 14 555
2002 23 571 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 601
2003 23 571 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 601
2004 19 593 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 622
2005 20 587 0 11 0 n/a n/a 0 618
2006 19 574 1 12 0 n/a n/a 3 609
2007 18 524 0 9 0 n/a n/a 1 552
2008 26 484 0 12 0 n/a n/a 0 522
2009 20 451 0 11 0 n/a n/a 0 482
2010 19 481 1 12 0 n/a n/a 2 515
2011 15 435 1 7 0 1 1 0 460
2012 15 475 1 3 0 0 2 0 496
2013 16 438 1 7 0 0 0 0 462
2014 16 405 0 6 0 0 5 0 432
2015 19 377 1 9 0 0 11 0 417
2016 24 335 0 12 0 0 10 0 381
2017 22 310 0 11 0 0 7 0 350
2018 20 318 0 12 0 0 1 0 351
2019 15 301 0 15 0 1 2 0 334
2020 9 312 0 21 0 0 1 0 343
2021 14 345 1 29 0 1 6 0 396
2022 28 363 0 28 0 0 7 0 426
2023 27 335 0 24 0 0 7 0 393
2024 26 325 0 19 0 0 24 0 394

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Anniston Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1035 56.0 18.4 0
1989 979 58.0 16.8 n/a
1990 979 60.0 16.3 0
1991 951 60.0 15.8 n/a
1992 993 60.0 16.5 n/a
1993 940 56.0 16.8 n/a
1994 919 55.0 16.7 n/a
1995 811 49.3 16.5 n/a
1996 811 49.3 16.5 n/a
1997 774 47.7 16.2 66
1998 649 42.2 15.4 61
1999 585 33.0 17.7 87.9
2000 514 31.0 16.6 83.9
2001 555 31.8 17.5 88.2
2002 601 31.0 19.4 87.9
2003 601 31.0 19.4 87.9
2004 622 30.0 20.7 85
2005 618 32.0 19.3 85.8
2006 609 34.0 17.8 86.8
2007 552 32.0 17.3 88.9
2008 522 30.0 17.4 90.8
2009 482 29.8 16.0 91.1
2010 515 17.0 30.2 89.7
2011 460 29.1 15.8 89.6
2012 496 22.0 22.5 91.7
2013 462 23.0 20.0 93.5
2014 432 21.0 20.5 91.4
2015 417 21.0 19.8 77.2
2016 381 18.0 21.1 77.4
2017 350 20.0 17.5 74
2018 351 19.0 18.4 91.2
2019 334 19.0 17.5 91
2020 343 20.0 17.1 91
2021 396 17.3 22.8 91.2
2022 426 19.0 22.4 91.1
2023 393 20.0 19.6 91.1
2024 394 20.0 19.7 91.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Anniston Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1035 56.0 18.4 0
1989 979 58.0 16.8 n/a
1990 979 60.0 16.3 0
1991 951 60.0 15.8 n/a
1992 993 60.0 16.5 n/a
1993 940 56.0 16.8 n/a
1994 919 55.0 16.7 n/a
1995 811 49.3 16.5 n/a
1996 811 49.3 16.5 n/a
1997 774 47.7 16.2 66
1998 649 42.2 15.4 61
1999 585 33.0 17.7 87.9
2000 514 31.0 16.6 83.9
2001 555 31.8 17.5 88.2
2002 601 31.0 19.4 87.9
2003 601 31.0 19.4 87.9
2004 622 30.0 20.7 85
2005 618 32.0 19.3 85.8
2006 609 34.0 17.8 86.8
2007 552 32.0 17.3 88.9
2008 522 30.0 17.4 90.8
2009 482 29.8 16.0 91.1
2010 515 17.0 30.2 89.7
2011 460 29.1 15.8 89.6
2012 496 22.0 22.5 91.7
2013 462 23.0 20.0 93.5
2014 432 21.0 20.5 91.4
2015 417 21.0 19.8 77.2
2016 381 18.0 21.1 77.4
2017 350 20.0 17.5 74
2018 351 19.0 18.4 91.2
2019 334 19.0 17.5 91
2020 343 20.0 17.1 91
2021 396 17.3 22.8 91.2
2022 426 19.0 22.4 91.1
2023 393 20.0 19.6 91.1
2024 394 20.0 19.7 91.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Anniston Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $3,040 (23.2%) $10,075 (76.8%) $13,119

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Anniston Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 376th of 437 Middle schoolsRanks 398th of 437 Middle schools
 5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Anniston Middle School)17.14.8
 12.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Anniston City)17.14.8
 12.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)45.330.8
 14.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Anniston Middle School)126.2
 5.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Anniston City)126.2
 5.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)43.121
 22.1%
8th Grade Mathematics (Anniston Middle School)20.52.4
 18.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Anniston City)20.52.4
 18.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.721.1
 23.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students334393
 17.7%
African American301335
 11.3%
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic1524
 60%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White1527
 80%
Two or More Races27
 250%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91%91.1%
 0.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Anniston Middle School

In the 2023-24 school year, 394 students attended Anniston Middle School.

Anniston Middle School ranks in the bottom 13.8% of Alabama middle schools.

Students who attend Anniston Middle School usually go on to attend Anniston High School

Students at Anniston Middle School are 82% African American, 7% White, 6% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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