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Homewood Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
395 Mecca Avenue
Homewood, AL 35209
Phone
(205) 870-0878
District
Homewood City
County
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
926
Classroom Teachers
60

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alabama

10

(10 is best)

Better than 93.2% of all AL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Homewood Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

100 80 60 40 20 0
77%
40%
80%
50%
73%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
66%
35%
76%
49%
55%
21%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
61%
36%
75%
50%
48%
21%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
15
14
20
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 303 32.7%
Grade 7 310 33.5%
Grade 8 313 33.8%
Total 926 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.3% 71.2% 53.8%
Black 16.8% 15.7% 32.8%
Hispanic 13.6% 11.2% 10.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.0% 1.8% 1.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 29.6% 25.5% 60.1%
Free lunch eligible 27.3% 23.1% 54.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.3% 2.4% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,557 5,108,468
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,335.3 101
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.4% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.9% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 39.3% 31.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 18.2% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 11.1% 17.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,708 1,969,105
Single Parent Households With Children 5.7% 8.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.0% 88.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 70.2% 27.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 34.5% 14.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.3% 15.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.8% 12.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.6% 16.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.9% 16.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.4% 13.5%
$15,000 or less 6.6% 11.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,154 $35,642,000 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $986 $4,308,000 6.9%
Staff $479 $2,092,000 3.4%
General Administration $383 $1,675,000 2.7%
School Administration $802 $3,506,000 5.6%
Operation $1,358 $5,937,000 9.6%
Transportation $59 $259,000 0.4%
Other $212 $926,000 1.5%
Total Support $4,279 $18,703,000 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,770 $7,735,000 12.5%
Total Expenditures $14,203 $62,080,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,200 $4,655,842,000 51.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $783 $587,926,000 6.5%
Staff $452 $339,107,000 3.7%
General Administration $257 $193,007,000 2.1%
School Administration $647 $485,591,000 5.3%
Operation $1,010 $758,603,000 8.3%
Transportation $503 $377,902,000 4.2%
Other $272 $204,126,000 2.2%
Total Support $3,924 $2,946,262,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,976 $1,483,801,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $12,100 $9,085,905,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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