📍 9178 Highway 22, Montevallo, Shelby County, 35115
Calera Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Montevallo, Shelby County. The school has 755 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Shelby County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
Calera Middle enrolls 755 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 43% Black or African American and 10% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 323 | 43% |
| Black or African American | 321 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 78 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 3.2% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
462 of the school's 755 students (61%) 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.
Calera Middle 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-60.
Calera Middle is one of 31 schools in Shelby County, based in Columbiana, Alabama. The district serves 20,638 students district-wide and employs 1,209 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 755 students, Calera Middle is close to the district average of about 666 students per school.