📍 1500 Lee Road 11, Opelika, Lee County, 36804
Sanford Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Opelika, Lee County. The school has 545 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lee County school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
Sanford Middle School enrolls 545 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 22% Black or African American and 11% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 322 | 59% |
| Black or African American | 118 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 59 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 45 | 8.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
402 of the school's 545 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.
Sanford Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Sanford Middle School is one of 14 schools in Lee County, based in Opelika, Alabama. The district serves 9,026 students district-wide and employs 575 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 545 students, Sanford Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 645 students per school.
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