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Best Middle Schools in Jefferson County, AL

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Schools

18,152

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedPizitz Middle School2^nd of 443 Alabama middle schools

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Biggest riser

i3 Academy Middle School up 16 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet 10.8 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Empower Community School Upper Campus

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2026)					Summative Assessment Science (2026)		Summative Assessment English (2026)					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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
Robert F Bumpus Middle School	Public	6-8	6055 Flemming Parkway	Hoover	35244	Jefferson County	Hoover City	No	No	No	No	(205) 439-2200	1,192	78	15.3	22.6%	612 (51.3%)	317 (26.6%)	71 (6.0%)	123 (10.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	65 (5.5%)	94.2	20^th of 443 public middle schools	95.5%		95.9	12^th of 439 public middle schools	97.3%	8			60.0	53.5	47.9		81.6			81.3	85.5	85.3	$11,153	$612	$10,539
Ira F Simmons Middle School	Public	6-8	1575 Patton Chapel Road	Hoover	35226	Jefferson County	Hoover City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 439-2100	860	62	13.8	44.3%	448 (52.1%)	226 (26.3%)	120 (14.0%)	29 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	35 (4.1%)	90	38^th of 443 public middle schools	91.4%		90.1	38^th of 439 public middle schools	91.3%				57.2	47.4	53.6		71.8			74.6	72.9	80.4	$12,051	$881	$11,168
Leeds Middle School	Public	6-8	1771 Whitmire Street	Leeds	35094	Jefferson County	Leeds City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 699-4505	452	27	16.7	50.9%	256 (56.6%)	113 (25.0%)	77 (17.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	50.1	218^th of 443 public middle schools	50.8%		51.8	194^th of 439 public middle schools	55.8%	24			26.8	12.7	35.0		51.4			51.5	50.3	61.7	$10,345	$1,367	$8,979
HewittTrussville Middle School	Public	6-8	5275 Trussville Clay Road	Trussville	35173	Jefferson County	Trussville City	No	No	No	No	(205) 228-3700	1,163	65	18.0	16.4%	854 (73.4%)	184 (15.8%)	54 (4.6%)	38 (3.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (2.6%)	90.7	35^th of 443 public middle schools	92.1%		92.7	26^th of 439 public middle schools	94.1%	9			54.1	49.9	47.4		80.0			77.1	76.5	77.0	$8,729	$744	$7,613
i3 Academy Middle School	Public, Charter	6-9	7901 1st Avenue North	Birmingham	35206	Jefferson County	i3 Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(205) 403-5777	400	17	23.5	73.0%	12 (3.0%)	365 (91.3%)	14 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	26.9	332^nd of 443 public middle schools	25.1%		21.4	348^th of 439 public middle schools	20.7%	16			21.9	13.5	11.4		31.8			47.9	39.3	42.1
Bessemer City Middle School	Public	6-8	100 High School Drive	Bessemer	35020	Jefferson County	Bessemer City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 432-3601	616	30	20.5	84.4%	5 (0.8%)	454 (73.7%)	136 (22.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	13	398^th of 443 public middle schools	10.2%		10.8	409^th of 439 public middle schools	6.8%	11			11.6	1.0	13.8		29.6			27.0	20.4	30.5	$8,921	$1,718	$7,187
Green Acres Middle School	Public	6-8	1220 67th Street West	Birmingham	35228	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-1370	309	14	22.0	84.5%	4 (1.3%)	266 (86.1%)	36 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	14.7	387^th of 443 public middle schools	12.6%		18.1	370^th of 439 public middle schools	15.7%	17			11.0	5.8	5.3		18.8			37.8	36.3	34.4	$14,583	$5,618	$8,963
Huffman Middle School	Public	6-8	517 Huffman Rd	Birmingham	35215	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-5370	384	16	24.0	79.4%	7 (1.8%)	332 (86.5%)	43 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	8.8	419^th of 443 public middle schools	5.4%		10.1	413^th of 439 public middle schools	5.9%	6			5.6	4.7	0.8		8.6			30.0	28.7	25.6	$10,777	$2,147	$8,628
WE Putnam Middle SchoolMagnet	Public, Magnet	6-8	1757 Montclair Rd	Birmingham	35210	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	Yes	No	Yes	(205) 231-8680	184	17	10.8	84.2%	4 (2.2%)	170 (92.4%)	7 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	8.2	423^rd of 443 public middle schools	4.5%		9.2	420^th of 439 public middle schools	4.3%	3			1.5	1.6	3.2		11.1			19.1	27.4	34.9	$13,151	$2,135	$11,015
Smith Middle School	Public	6-8	1124 Five Mile Rd	Birmingham	35215	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-5675	336	16	21.0	86.3%	5 (1.5%)	281 (83.6%)	39 (11.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	11.5	407^th of 443 public middle schools	8.1%		8.3	423^rd of 439 public middle schools	3.6%	16			1.9	0.9	4.4		21.3			27.4	34.6	39.1	$8,907	$1,501	$7,404
Jones Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	2000 31st Street SW	Birmingham	35221	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-1040	465	22	21.6	85.8%	2 (0.4%)	386 (83.0%)	68 (14.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.7%)	8.4	421^st of 443 public middle schools	5.0%		8	426^th of 439 public middle schools	3.0%	5			3.9	1.3	0.8		17.1			28.1	30.6	25.6	$11,995	$2,095	$9,898
Wilkerson Middle School	Public	6-8	116 11th Ct W	Birmingham	35204	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-2740	424	12	35.3	88.0%	3 (0.7%)	337 (79.5%)	75 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	9.3	417^th of 443 public middle schools	5.9%		7.8	429^th of 439 public middle schools	2.3%	12			5.6	2.7	2.8		29.0			20.6	22.5	29.7	$10,839	$1,819	$9,017
City Elementary	Public	7-8	901 9th Avenue North	Birmingham	35204	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	No	(205) 231-2288																			(n/a)
Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School	Public	6-8	501 81st Street South	Birmingham	35206	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-9400	330	15	22.0	87.9%	5 (1.5%)	270 (81.8%)	50 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	7.2	433^rd of 443 public middle schools	2.3%		14.2	386^th of 439 public middle schools	12.1%	47			4.9	0.0	0.0		23.3			10.8	19.5	31.0	$11,618	$2,367	$9,249
Bush Hills STEAM Academy	Public	6-8	900 16th Street West	Birmingham	35208	Jefferson County	Birmingham City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 231-6370	370	18	20.5	85.4%	0 (0.0%)	327 (88.4%)	39 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	11.3	409^th of 443 public middle schools	7.7%		10.1	414^th of 439 public middle schools	5.7%	5			4.5	4.6	1.8		21.9			27.7	38.2	27.8	$19,712	$1,930	$17,781
C J Donald Middle School	Public	6-8	715 Valley Rd	Fairfield	35064	Jefferson County	Fairfield City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 783-6823	316	15	21.0	87.0%	0 (0.0%)	301 (95.3%)	14 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10.5	414^th of 443 public middle schools	6.5%		11.2	407^th of 439 public middle schools	7.3%	7			3.4	7.0	4.9		15.2			25.6	25.6	36.3	$11,750	$2,352	$9,279
Homewood Middle School	Public	6-8	395 Mecca Avenue	Homewood	35209	Jefferson County	Homewood City	No	No	No	Yes	(334) 220-5152	1,000	69	14.4	28.3%	670 (67.0%)	166 (16.6%)	108 (10.8%)	14 (1.4%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.9%)	96.2	12^th of 443 public middle schools	97.3%		96.1	10^th of 439 public middle schools	97.7%	2			73.9	67.2	61.9		86.6			78.2	86.9	83.1	$11,292	$1,285	$9,985
ClayChalkville Middle School	Public	6-8	6700 TrussvilleClay Rd	Trussville	35173	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-3100	952	59	16.1	72.5%	72 (7.6%)	750 (78.8%)	95 (10.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.4%)	13.6	396^th of 443 public middle schools	10.6%		12.3	401^st of 439 public middle schools	8.7%	5			8.9	6.8	5.1		23.4			36.3	30.1	34.5	$8,115	$1,388	$6,712
Minor Middle School	Public	6-8	400 Hillcrest Rd	Adamsville	35005	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-2550	668	37	18.0	76.3%	39 (5.8%)	522 (78.1%)	79 (11.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	22 (3.3%)	12.4	401^st of 443 public middle schools	9.5%		9.9	416^th of 439 public middle schools	5.2%	15			2.4	2.9	0.0		31.3			32.8	35.2	33.3	$9,755	$2,820	$6,914
Bragg Middle School	Public	6-8	840 Hazels Way	Gardendale	35071	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(205) 379-2600	731	40	18.2	45.8%	402 (55.0%)	250 (34.2%)	60 (8.2%)	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.2%)	70.8	101^st of 443 public middle schools	77.2%		66	115^th of 439 public middle schools	73.8%	14			38.1	18.6	36.2		74.1			69.7	60.0	69.4	$7,868	$1,083	$6,764
Hueytown Middle School	Public	6-8	701 Sunrise Blvd	Hueytown	35023	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-5150	755	47	16.0	72.3%	150 (19.9%)	429 (56.8%)	170 (22.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	20.3	355^th of 443 public middle schools	19.9%		19.4	357^th of 439 public middle schools	18.7%	2			4.3	6.0	9.4		41.1			33.6	38.4	44.3	$7,214	$940	$6,256
Rudd Middle School	Public	6-8	4526 Rudd School Rd	Pinson	35126	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-5309	648	36	18.0	71.3%	93 (14.4%)	320 (49.4%)	222 (34.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	18.7	366^th of 443 public middle schools	17.4%		20	353^rd of 439 public middle schools	19.6%	13			9.5	11.5	8.7		28.6			31.0	43.5	35.3	$8,337	$1,284	$7,033
North Jefferson Middle School	Public	6-8	8350 WarriorKimberly Rd	Kimberly	35091	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(205) 379-4000	669	33	20.0	34.8%	559 (83.6%)	72 (10.8%)	26 (3.9%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	73.9	89^th of 443 public middle schools	79.9%		72.4	93^rd of 439 public middle schools	78.8%	4			46.2	34.2	31.0		64.4			65.4	64.4	66.3	$8,218	$1,019	$7,178
Irondale Middle School	Public	6-8	6200 Old Leeds Road	Irondale	35210	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-3800	430	27	15.9	74.7%	37 (8.6%)	227 (52.8%)	150 (34.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.5%)	17.3	371^st of 443 public middle schools	16.3%		17.6	372^nd of 439 public middle schools	15.3%	1			8.5	2.5	5.8		31.4			40.2	38.1	39.9	$9,209	$1,936	$7,250
McAdory Middle School	Public	6-8	5450 Yellow Jacket Boulevard	Mc Calla	35111	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(205) 379-4730	841	49	17.3	58.3%	122 (14.5%)	526 (62.5%)	171 (20.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.1%)	22.5	346^th of 443 public middle schools	21.9%		25.2	332^nd of 439 public middle schools	24.4%	14			13.8	8.0	5.5		29.8			41.0	46.2	44.3	$8,010	$1,145	$6,851
Corner Middle School	Public	5-8	10005 Corner School Road	Warrior	35180	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	No	(205) 379-3230	437	22	19.6	35.2%	410 (93.8%)	6 (1.4%)	14 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	49.2	225^th of 443 public middle schools	49.2%		60.7	146^th of 439 public middle schools	66.7%	79		45.9	21.2	12.7	13.6		61.8		69.4	58.6	61.9	57.3	$8,519	$1,000	$7,496
Erwin Middle School	Public	6-8	532 23rd Avenue NW	Center Point	35215	Jefferson County	Jefferson County	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 379-3430	585	32	18.2	82.1%	3 (0.5%)	504 (86.2%)	64 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.4%)	12	403^rd of 443 public middle schools	9.0%		9.4	418^th of 439 public middle schools	4.8%	15			8.1	0.6	3.4		24.2			30.6	27.4	41.0	$10,618	$3,193	$7,403
Rutledge School	Public	5-8	1221 8th St	Midfield	35228	Jefferson County	Midfield City	No	No	No	Yes	(205) 780-8647	288	15	19.8	90.3%	8 (2.8%)	248 (86.1%)	29 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	12.8	400^th of 443 public middle schools	9.7%		10.7	410^th of 439 public middle schools	6.6%	10		17.0	15.6	5.9	3.0		18.2		43.4	33.9	30.6	30.3	$13,639	$5,032	$8,603
Mountain Brook Junior High School	Public	7-9	205 Overbrook Dr	Mountain Brook	35213	Jefferson County	Mountain Brook City	No	No	No	No	(205) 871-3516	1,005	83	12.1	3.3%	945 (94.0%)	2 (0.2%)	15 (1.5%)	11 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.2%)	98.3	4^th of 443 public middle schools	99.1%		98.5	4^th of 439 public middle schools	99.1%					61.2	67.0		92.9				84.5	91.4	$12,244	$113	$12,131
Pizitz Middle School	Public	6-8	2826 Columbiana Road	Vestavia	35216	Jefferson County	Vestavia Hills City	No	No	No	No	(205) 402-5350	1,131	75	15.0	10.2%	934 (82.6%)	50 (4.4%)	36 (3.2%)	94 (8.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.4%)	98.7	2^nd of 443 public middle schools	99.5%		98.8	3^rd of 439 public middle schools	99.3%	1			81.8	64.9	77.1		94.1			88.4	92.0	93.8	$10,929	$585	$10,343
Empower Community School Upper Campus	Public, Charter	4-8	751A Academy Drive	Bessemer	35022	Jefferson County	Empower Schools of Alabama	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(205) 413-8600	211			76.3%	1 (0.5%)	164 (77.7%)	43 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	11.9	405^th of 443 public middle schools	8.6%					(n/a)	2.2	0.0	4.4	4.9	6.1	26.7	22.5	35.6	43.3	26.1	31.7	36.7

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