📍 15817 Romulus Rd, Buhl, Tuscaloosa County, 35446
Sipsey Valley Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Buhl, Tuscaloosa County. The school has 556 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tuscaloosa County school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
Sipsey Valley Middle School enrolls 556 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% White, 17% Black or African American and 7.7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 405 | 73% |
| Black or African American | 96 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
363 of the school's 556 students (65%) 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.
Sipsey Valley 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-40.
Sipsey Valley Middle School is one of 36 schools in Tuscaloosa County, based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The district serves 19,278 students district-wide and employs 1,036 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 556 students, Sipsey Valley Middle School is close to the district average of about 536 students per school.
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