📍 1920 East Main Street, Centre, Cherokee County, 35960
Centre Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Centre, Cherokee County. The school has 457 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cherokee County school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
Centre Middle School enrolls 457 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 8.1% Black or African American and 3.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 389 | 85% |
| Black or African American | 37 | 8.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 3.7% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
336 of the school's 457 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Centre Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-30.
Centre Middle School is one of 8 schools in Cherokee County, based in Centre, Alabama. The district serves 3,860 students district-wide and employs 226 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 457 students, Centre Middle School is close to the district average of about 483 students per school.
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