Huffman Middle School

Summary:

Huffman Middle School is a public middle school in Birmingham, Alabama, serving 399 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Birmingham City School District, which is ranked 117 out of 137 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Huffman Middle School has a predominantly African American student population, with 88.72% of students identifying as such in the 2022-2023 school year.

Huffman Middle School consistently performs below the state and Birmingham City averages on standardized assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 2.74% to 4.69% in Mathematics and 11.84% to 33.07% in English, compared to the state's 23.6% to 31.56% and 51.27% to 53.32%, respectively. The school has also consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Alabama middle schools, with a ranking between 370 and 436 out of 432 to 442 schools over the past 10 years. Huffman's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as African American, Hispanic, and White students.

Interestingly, the academic performance challenges at Huffman Middle School are not unique to the school. Several other schools in the Jefferson County and Birmingham City districts, such as Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School, Smith Middle School, and Erwin Middle School, also struggle with low proficiency rates and statewide rankings. The high rates of poverty and economic disadvantage at Huffman Middle School, as evidenced by the free and reduced-price lunch data, may be a significant factor contributing to the school's academic challenges.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 517 Huffman Rd
       Birmingham, AL  35215-8312


(205) 231-5370

District: Birmingham City

SchoolDigger Rank:
400th of 442 Alabama Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,777 Help


Students who attend Huffman Middle School usually attend:

High:    Huffman High SchoolMagnet

Feeder schools for Huffman Middle School:

Elementary:    Christian School
    Huffman Academy

Student/teacher ratio:  23.1 Help
Number of students:  440

Racial breakdown:

African American:
87.5%
Hispanic:
9.8%
Two or more races:
2.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  78% Help


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Compare Details Huffman Middle School ranks worse than 90.5% of middle schools in Alabama. It also ranks 2nd among 8 ranked middle schools in the Birmingham City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 11.86. (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 (87.5%), Hispanic (9.8%), two or more races (2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 78% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Birmingham City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Huffman Middle School is 23.1. 5 middle schools in the Birmingham City School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Huffman Middle School is $10,777. 6 middle schools in the Birmingham City School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Huffman Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Huffman Middle School 400th of 442 Alabama public middle schools. (See Huffman Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Birmingham City:

SchoolDigger ranks Birmingham City 117th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Huffman Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 61.34 140th 407 65.6%
2005 49.09 211th 415 49.2%
2006 43.06 249th 409 39.1%
2007 47.03 229th 412 44.4%
2008 56.67 168th 417 59.7%
2009 32.85 312th 425 26.6%
2010 34.38 315th 435 27.6%
2011 40.49 285th 435 34.5%
2012 45.94 280th 436 35.8%
2013 58.34 195th 436 55.3%
2014 47.64 231st 438 47.3%
2015 18.48 351st 430 18.4%
2016 16.23 357th 432 17.4%
2017 11.36 380th 432 12.0%
2018 11.52 370th 423 12.5%
2019 11.80 394th 437 9.8%
2021 11.90 407th 440 7.5%
2022 13.26 377th 432 12.7%
2023 12.36 392nd 437 10.3%
2024 11.86 400th 442 9.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 43.35 43rd 106 59.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 23.64 172nd 195 11.8%
2018 19.43 205th 223 8.1%
2019 31.65 184th 254 27.6%
2021 23.30 245th 274 10.6%
2022 17.42 250th 256 2.3%
2023 51.32 103rd 281 63.3%
2024 34.95 186th 281 33.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.40 343rd 396 13.4%
2019 13.12 366th 396 7.6%
2021 15.57 380th 415 8.4%
2022 14.62 390th 421 7.4%
2023 16.17 372nd 410 9.3%
2024 14.71 391st 437 10.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 11.55 339th 380 10.8%
2018 10.53 359th 392 8.4%
2019 8.86 371st 399 7.0%
2021 9.07 409th 415 1.4%
2022 16.59 359th 423 15.1%
2023 12.13 381st 417 8.6%
2024 11.39 394th 426 7.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 11.93 340th 380 10.5%
2018 13.68 344th 397 13.4%
2019 16.24 349th 399 12.5%
2021 17.34 358th 418 14.4%
2022 11.83 393rd 427 8.0%
2023 13.89 371st 419 11.5%
2024 13.76 378th 428 11.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 28.20 161st 205 21.5%
2018 30.49 174th 247 29.6%
2019 32.06 178th 252 29.4%
2021 22.59 229th 266 13.9%
2022 26.79 213th 271 21.4%
2023 27.72 204th 263 22.4%
2024 25.24 218th 269 19.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 8.48 106th 108 1.9%
2018 17.49 102nd 113 9.7%
2019 11.00 117th 124 5.6%
2021 31.58 108th 154 29.9%
2022 32.54 105th 157 33.1%
2023 16.08 154th 166 7.2%
2024 15.22 155th 164 5.5%
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Rank History for White students at Huffman Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 2.54 342nd 343 0.3%
2021 16.82 336th 369 8.9%
2022 28.79 277th 376 26.3%
2024 4.83 369th 373 1.1%
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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 Huffman 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 410 410
1989 236 132 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 373
1990 228 116 3 0 0 n/a n/a 0 347
1991 231 106 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 337
1992 242 111 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 358
1993 255 112 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 371
1994 243 137 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 386
1995 229 175 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 410
1996 229 175 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 410
1997 153 188 7 2 0 n/a n/a 0 350
1998 106 220 10 1 0 n/a n/a 0 337
1999 71 264 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 344
2000 70 283 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 358
2001 52 293 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 350
2002 29 311 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 343
2003 29 311 1 1 1 n/a n/a 0 343
2004 20 321 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 345
2005 18 382 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 402
2006 4 372 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 378
2007 14 311 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 330
2008 12 308 3 7 0 n/a n/a 0 330
2009 10 288 3 7 0 n/a n/a 0 308
2010 4 290 1 10 0 n/a n/a 0 305
2011 3 296 0 4 0 0 0 0 303
2012 3 285 0 12 0 0 0 0 300
2013 4 275 0 10 0 0 3 0 292
2014 4 305 0 11 0 0 2 0 322
2015 4 320 0 33 0 0 2 0 359
2016 2 289 0 45 0 0 6 0 342
2017 7 323 0 54 0 0 3 0 387
2018 6 338 0 54 0 0 3 0 401
2019 7 307 0 40 0 0 1 0 355
2020 9 349 0 44 0 0 1 0 403
2021 8 420 0 51 2 1 1 0 483
2022 6 367 0 35 1 1 4 0 414
2023 2 354 0 34 1 1 7 0 399
2024 2 385 0 43 0 1 9 0 440

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 Huffman Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 410 19.0 21.5 0
1989 373 18.0 20.7 n/a
1990 347 18.0 19.2 0
1991 337 20.0 16.8 n/a
1992 358 23.0 15.5 n/a
1993 371 22.0 16.9 n/a
1994 386 22.9 16.9 n/a
1995 410 23.8 17.2 n/a
1996 410 23.8 17.2 n/a
1997 350 23.8 14.7 20.3
1998 337 21.8 15.5 28.5
1999 344 24.0 14.3 37.2
2000 358 24.0 14.9 32.7
2001 350 24.0 14.6 36.3
2002 343 20.0 17.2 52.8
2003 343 20.0 17.2 52.8
2004 345 18.0 19.2 55.1
2005 402 22.0 18.3 59
2006 378 22.0 17.2 54.2
2007 330 20.0 16.5 62.1
2008 330 17.8 18.5 60.9
2009 308 17.6 17.3 62
2010 305 18.0 16.9 66.2
2011 303 16.0 18.9 59.4
2012 300 16.0 18.7 75.3
2013 292 16.0 18.2 77.4
2014 322 13.0 24.7 78.3
2015 359 14.0 25.6 46.5
2016 342 16.0 21.3 48.5
2017 387 15.0 25.8 51.7
2018 401 16.0 25.0 78.1
2019 355 15.0 23.6 78
2020 403 18.0 22.3 77.9
2021 483 22.5 21.4 78.1
2022 414 16.0 25.8 78
2023 399 19.0 21.0 77.9
2024 440 19.0 23.1 78

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 Huffman Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 410 19.0 21.5 0
1989 373 18.0 20.7 n/a
1990 347 18.0 19.2 0
1991 337 20.0 16.8 n/a
1992 358 23.0 15.5 n/a
1993 371 22.0 16.9 n/a
1994 386 22.9 16.9 n/a
1995 410 23.8 17.2 n/a
1996 410 23.8 17.2 n/a
1997 350 23.8 14.7 20.3
1998 337 21.8 15.5 28.5
1999 344 24.0 14.3 37.2
2000 358 24.0 14.9 32.7
2001 350 24.0 14.6 36.3
2002 343 20.0 17.2 52.8
2003 343 20.0 17.2 52.8
2004 345 18.0 19.2 55.1
2005 402 22.0 18.3 59
2006 378 22.0 17.2 54.2
2007 330 20.0 16.5 62.1
2008 330 17.8 18.5 60.9
2009 308 17.6 17.3 62
2010 305 18.0 16.9 66.2
2011 303 16.0 18.9 59.4
2012 300 16.0 18.7 75.3
2013 292 16.0 18.2 77.4
2014 322 13.0 24.7 78.3
2015 359 14.0 25.6 46.5
2016 342 16.0 21.3 48.5
2017 387 15.0 25.8 51.7
2018 401 16.0 25.0 78.1
2019 355 15.0 23.6 78
2020 403 18.0 22.3 77.9
2021 483 22.5 21.4 78.1
2022 414 16.0 25.8 78
2023 399 19.0 21.0 77.9
2024 440 19.0 23.1 78

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 Huffman Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,147 (19.9%) $8,628 (80.1%) $10,777

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Huffman 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 394th of 437 Middle schoolsRanks 392nd of 437 Middle schools
 0.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Huffman Middle School)273.6
 23.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Birmingham City)21.312.7
 8.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)45.330.8
 14.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Huffman Middle School)123.3
 8.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Birmingham City)16.511.6
 4.9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)43.121
 22.1%
8th Grade Mathematics (Huffman Middle School)10.60.7
 9.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Birmingham City)16.57
 9.5%
   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 Students355399
 12.4%
African American307354
 15.3%
American Indian01
Asian00
Hispanic4034
 15%
Pacific Islander01
White72
 71.4%
Two or More Races17
 600%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients78%77.9%
 0.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Huffman Middle School

In the 2023-24 school year, 440 students attended Huffman Middle School.

Students who attend Huffman Middle School usually go on to attend Huffman High SchoolMagnet

Students at Huffman Middle School are 88% African American, 10% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Huffman Middle School ranks in the bottom 9.5% of Alabama middle schools.


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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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