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Best Middle Schools in DeKalb County, AL

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Schools

1,511

Students

Districts

Top rankedFort Payne Middle School101^st of 439 Alabama middle schools

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Fort Payne Middle School up 52 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2025)					Summative Assessment Science (2025)		Summative Assessment English (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Summative Assessment English 7th Grade	Summative Assessment English 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Crossville Middle School	Public	4-8	63 Justice Street	Crossville	35962	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 528-7859	770	45	17.2	82.9%	135 (17.5%)	5 (0.6%)	615 (79.9%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	13.4	393^rd of 439 public middle schools	10.5%		12.4	396^th of 442 public middle schools	10.4%	3	24.0	15.7	17.6	2.8	7.7	17.6	14.9	29.5	40.9	31.3	23.4	25.3	$8,868	$2,427	$6,425
Fort Payne Middle School	Public	6-8	4910 Martin Ave NE	Fort Payne	35967	DeKalb County	Fort Payne City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 845-7501	741	47	15.7	63.3%	354 (47.8%)	18 (2.4%)	326 (44.0%)	7 (0.9%)	9 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.6%)	70	101^st of 439 public middle schools	77.0%		59.1	153^rd of 442 public middle schools	65.4%	52			35.4	27.5	38.2		47.7			62.9	64.6	64.2	$7,069	$1,258	$5,788

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alabama State Department of Education.

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