Minor Middle School

Summary:

Minor Middle School is a public middle school located in Adamsville, Alabama, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 728 students. The school is part of the Jefferson County School District, which is ranked 97 out of 137 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Minor Middle School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Alabama middle schools, with a ranking between 348 and 398 out of around 430-440 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas, with only 3.59% of 6th-grade students proficient or better in mathematics, compared to the state average of 31.56% and the district average of 15.72%. Interestingly, the school's Hispanic and English Language Learner student subgroups perform relatively better, ranking in the middle to upper-middle range of schools in the state, while the White and African American student subgroups perform in the bottom 10-20% of schools.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Bragg Middle School and Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School, Minor Middle School's academic performance is significantly lower, highlighting the disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes within the same district. The higher-performing nearby schools have a more diverse student population, lower percentages of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and higher spending per student, which may contribute to their stronger academic results.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 400 Hillcrest Rd
       Adamsville, AL  35005


(205) 379-2550

District: Jefferson County

SchoolDigger Rank:
387th of 442 Alabama Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,755 Help


Students who attend Minor Middle School usually attend:

High:    Minor High School

Feeder schools for Minor Middle School:

Elementary:    Adamsville Elementary School
    Minor Community School
    UW Clemon Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2 Help
Number of students:  728

Racial breakdown:

African American:
80.2%
Hispanic:
9.1%
White:
8.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  87.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Minor Middle School ranks worse than 87.6% of middle schools in Alabama. It also ranks 10th among 11 ranked middle schools in the Jefferson County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.38. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (80.2%), Hispanic (9.1%), White (8.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 87.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Minor Middle School is 18.2, which is the 5th best among 11 middle schools in the Jefferson County School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Minor Middle School is $9,755, which is the 3rd highest among 11 middle schools in the Jefferson County School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Minor Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Minor Middle School 387th of 442 Alabama public middle schools. (See Minor Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Jefferson County:

SchoolDigger ranks Jefferson County 97th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Minor Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 32.75 298th 407 26.8%
2005 37.28 285th 415 31.3%
2006 21.82 348th 409 14.9%
2007 25.02 333rd 412 19.2%
2008 33.96 305th 417 26.9%
2009 33.97 307th 425 27.8%
2010 31.94 328th 435 24.6%
2011 41.67 277th 435 36.3%
2012 36.31 313th 436 28.2%
2013 27.82 358th 436 17.9%
2014 19.67 353rd 438 19.4%
2015 18.89 348th 430 19.1%
2016 15.21 363rd 432 16.0%
2017 14.40 365th 432 15.5%
2018 10.47 382nd 423 9.7%
2019 13.26 381st 437 12.8%
2021 12.58 398th 440 9.5%
2022 15.75 370th 432 14.4%
2023 12.39 391st 437 10.5%
2024 13.38 387th 442 12.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 19.33 81st 81 0.0%
2023 39.42 47th 94 50.0%
2024 37.28 65th 106 38.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 28.66 150th 195 23.1%
2018 27.07 174th 223 22.0%
2019 18.95 231st 254 9.1%
2021 21.90 253rd 274 7.7%
2022 26.49 221st 256 13.7%
2023 22.70 255th 281 9.3%
2024 36.97 174th 281 38.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 16.27 311th 349 10.9%
2018 15.08 348th 396 12.1%
2019 21.16 328th 396 17.2%
2021 16.05 378th 415 8.9%
2022 20.67 358th 421 15.0%
2023 16.94 367th 410 10.5%
2024 17.64 373rd 437 14.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 15.50 327th 380 13.9%
2018 11.15 347th 392 11.5%
2019 14.61 348th 399 12.8%
2021 12.55 379th 415 8.7%
2022 17.92 352nd 423 16.8%
2023 14.00 371st 417 11.0%
2024 12.65 382nd 426 10.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 13.70 336th 380 11.6%
2018 11.08 360th 397 9.3%
2019 12.92 359th 399 10.0%
2021 13.82 380th 418 9.1%
2022 15.21 373rd 427 12.6%
2023 12.87 382nd 419 8.8%
2024 16.03 361st 428 15.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 29.05 157th 205 23.4%
2018 26.18 190th 247 23.1%
2019 30.78 185th 252 26.6%
2021 24.07 219th 266 17.7%
2022 31.04 193rd 271 28.8%
2023 25.88 213th 263 19.0%
2024 30.06 190th 269 29.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.07 65th 113 42.5%
2019 42.20 71st 124 42.7%
2021 17.68 143rd 154 7.1%
2022 31.70 108th 157 31.2%
2023 37.52 97th 166 41.6%
2024 31.51 112th 164 31.7%
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Rank History for White students at Minor Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 7.90 244th 247 1.2%
2018 4.80 330th 331 0.3%
2019 11.19 328th 343 4.4%
2021 11.49 357th 369 3.3%
2022 19.06 334th 376 11.2%
2023 10.52 354th 370 4.3%
2024 5.55 367th 373 1.6%
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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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by a parent
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Open Quote The school administrator is extremely incompetent, highly unprofessional, lacks leadership skills, and does not possess good judgment capabilities. Based on the poor test scores, numerous student behavior issues, high teacher turnover rate, the lack of useful informative communication, etc., she has proven that she is not qualified for the position of school administrative. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Minor 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 857 857
1989 640 229 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 871
1990 664 210 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 874
1991 606 236 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 844
1992 600 244 0 1 2 n/a n/a 0 847
1993 574 274 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 851
1994 561 283 3 0 0 n/a n/a 0 847
1995 494 303 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 797
1996 494 303 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 797
1997 446 324 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 771
1998 388 350 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 739
1999 344 358 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 705
2000 323 385 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 710
2001 307 412 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 722
2002 342 600 6 9 0 n/a n/a 0 957
2003 342 600 6 9 0 n/a n/a 0 957
2004 309 631 3 7 0 n/a n/a 0 950
2005 274 725 0 13 0 n/a n/a 0 1012
2006 268 763 4 9 0 n/a n/a 0 1044
2007 222 763 9 15 1 n/a n/a 1 1011
2008 182 711 1 17 0 n/a n/a 0 911
2009 154 644 0 13 0 n/a n/a 0 811
2010 150 645 1 14 0 n/a n/a 0 810
2011 136 650 1 12 0 0 1 0 800
2012 135 680 1 15 1 0 0 0 832
2013 106 678 0 14 2 0 3 0 803
2014 95 676 2 23 2 0 4 0 802
2015 82 580 1 21 1 0 6 0 691
2016 77 572 0 22 0 0 4 0 675
2017 72 529 1 30 1 0 3 0 636
2018 76 546 1 38 2 0 2 0 665
2019 68 550 0 48 2 0 3 0 671
2020 64 581 0 50 1 0 5 0 701
2021 69 597 1 61 0 0 6 0 734
2022 63 562 1 60 0 0 7 0 693
2023 64 584 1 66 0 0 13 0 728

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 Minor Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 857 41.0 20.9 0
1989 871 42.0 20.7 n/a
1990 874 39.0 22.4 0
1991 844 40.0 21.1 n/a
1992 847 40.0 21.1 n/a
1993 851 40.0 21.3 n/a
1994 847 40.0 21.2 n/a
1995 797 42.0 19.0 n/a
1996 797 42.0 19.0 n/a
1997 771 40.6 19.0 25.2
1998 739 40.6 18.2 22.6
1999 705 40.0 17.6 28.7
2000 710 40.0 17.8 28.7
2001 722 37.0 19.5 35.2
2002 957 54.0 17.7 48.5
2003 957 54.0 17.7 48.5
2004 950 54.0 17.6 50.9
2005 1012 55.0 18.4 54.9
2006 1044 55.0 19.0 58.7
2007 1011 58.6 17.3 59.5
2008 911 56.6 16.1 62.7
2009 811 50.5 15.9 60.5
2010 810 52.0 15.5 63.6
2011 800 53.2 15.0 74.6
2012 832 50.0 16.6 80.4
2013 803 57.0 14.0 77.3
2014 802 41.0 19.5 80.7
2015 691 42.0 16.4 78
2016 675 35.0 19.2 71
2017 636 34.0 18.7 81.9
2018 665 34.0 19.5 83.5
2019 671 35.0 19.1 80.3
2020 701 37.0 18.9 87.9
2021 734 39.0 18.8 87.7
2022 693 26.0 26.6 87.7
2023 728 40.0 18.2 87.8

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 Minor Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 857 41.0 20.9 0
1989 871 42.0 20.7 n/a
1990 874 39.0 22.4 0
1991 844 40.0 21.1 n/a
1992 847 40.0 21.1 n/a
1993 851 40.0 21.3 n/a
1994 847 40.0 21.2 n/a
1995 797 42.0 19.0 n/a
1996 797 42.0 19.0 n/a
1997 771 40.6 19.0 25.2
1998 739 40.6 18.2 22.6
1999 705 40.0 17.6 28.7
2000 710 40.0 17.8 28.7
2001 722 37.0 19.5 35.2
2002 957 54.0 17.7 48.5
2003 957 54.0 17.7 48.5
2004 950 54.0 17.6 50.9
2005 1012 55.0 18.4 54.9
2006 1044 55.0 19.0 58.7
2007 1011 58.6 17.3 59.5
2008 911 56.6 16.1 62.7
2009 811 50.5 15.9 60.5
2010 810 52.0 15.5 63.6
2011 800 53.2 15.0 74.6
2012 832 50.0 16.6 80.4
2013 803 57.0 14.0 77.3
2014 802 41.0 19.5 80.7
2015 691 42.0 16.4 78
2016 675 35.0 19.2 71
2017 636 34.0 18.7 81.9
2018 665 34.0 19.5 83.5
2019 671 35.0 19.1 80.3
2020 701 37.0 18.9 87.9
2021 734 39.0 18.8 87.7
2022 693 26.0 26.6 87.7
2023 728 40.0 18.2 87.8

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 Minor Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,820 (28.9%) $6,914 (70.9%) $9,755

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Minor 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 381st of 437 Middle schoolsRanks 391st of 437 Middle schools
 2.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Minor Middle School)15.83.3
 12.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson County)28.115.9
 12.1%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)45.330.8
 14.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Minor Middle School)10.42.4
 8.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson County)26.612.2
 14.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)43.121
 22.1%
8th Grade Mathematics (Minor Middle School)10.24.4
 5.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Jefferson County)27.49.2
 18.2%
   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 Students671728
 8.5%
African American550584
 6.2%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian01
Hispanic4866
 37.5%
Pacific Islander00
White6864
 5.9%
Two or More Races313
 333.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients80.3%87.8%
 7.4%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Minor Middle School

Students at Minor Middle School are 80% African American, 9% Hispanic, 9% White, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 728 students attended Minor Middle School.

Minor Middle School ranks in the bottom 12.4% of Alabama middle schools.

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


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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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