📍 275 1st St N, Sumiton, Walker County, 35148
Sumiton Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sumiton, Walker County. The school has 452 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Walker County school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
Sumiton Middle School enrolls 452 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% White, 12% Black or African American and 3.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 370 | 82% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
343 of the school's 452 students (76%) 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.
Sumiton 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.
Sumiton Middle School is one of 18 schools in Walker County, based in Jasper, Alabama. The district serves 7,091 students district-wide and employs 412 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 452 students, Sumiton Middle School is close to the district average of about 394 students per school.
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