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Huffman Middle School

Q: Is Huffman Middle School a good school?

Huffman Middle School ranks in the bottom 5.3% of Alabama middle schools.

Q: How many students attend Huffman Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 384 students attended Huffman Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Huffman Middle School?

Students at Huffman Middle School are 86% African American, 11% Hispanic, 2% White.

Q: What high school do graduates of Huffman Middle School attend?

Students who attend Huffman Middle School usually go on to attend Huffman High SchoolMagnet

Public Grades 6-8

425^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 449 Alabama Middle Schools

Better than 5% of Alabama middle schools

Summary

Huffman Middle School in Birmingham, AL, serves 384 students in grades 6-8 and is part of the Birmingham City district, where about 79% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Huffman Middle School faces significant academic challenges, particularly in mathematics, where proficiency rates are among the lowest in the state. In 2025-2026, only 5.56% of 6th graders, 4.67% of 7th graders, and 0.78% of 8th graders were proficient in math—a gap of 25-35 percentage points behind the state average. English performance is a relative bright spot, with 25-30% of students proficient, though this still trails state averages. The school's overall ranking has declined from the 17th percentile in 2015-2016 to the 5th percentile in 2025-2026, and it has not earned a star rating since 2022-2023. One counterintuitive finding is that Special Education students rank in the 38th percentile statewide, dramatically outperforming the school's overall ranking, which may indicate that general education students are underserved. The English Language Learner program has also collapsed, falling from the 59th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 1st percentile in 2025-2026.

Compared to nearby schools, the contrast is stark. Mountain Brook Junior High School ranks 4th in the state with 91.37% English proficiency, while Hewitt-Trussville Middle School ranks 35th with 77.03% English proficiency. Even within the Birmingham City district, Huffman's 8th-grade math proficiency is the lowest among all middle schools. On a positive note, chronic absenteeism has improved from 18.1% in 2021-2022 to 12.5% in 2024-2025, now nearly at the state average. The school spends $10,777 per student but maintains a high student-teacher ratio of 24:1, suggesting funds may not be directed toward reducing class sizes. For parents, the math crisis and ELL program decline should be immediate priorities for intervention.

384

Students ?

24.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,777

Per pupil spending ?

79.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

517 Huffman Rd
Birmingham, AL 35215-8312

(205) 231-5370

District: Birmingham City

Students who attend Huffman Middle School usually attend:

High:

Huffman High SchoolMagnet

Feeder schools for Huffman Middle School:

Elementary:	Christian School
	Huffman Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

86.5%

Hispanic:

11.2%

White:

1.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 17th percentile in 2016 → 5th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (26% vs 44% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school26%

District avg24%

Alabama avg44%

425^th of 449

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 12 pts since 2016

From bottom 17% (2016) to bottom 5% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 8Middle Schools in the Birmingham City

118^th of 140Birmingham City among Alabama districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	8.8	425 of 449	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.1	413 of 439	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.9	400 of 442	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	392 of 437	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	377 of 432	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.9	407 of 440	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.8	394 of 437	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	11.5	370 of 423	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.4	380 of 432	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	16.2	357 of 432	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	18.5	351 of 430	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	47.6	231 of 438	47.3%	★★☆☆☆
2013	58.3	195 of 436	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2012	45.9	280 of 436	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	40.5	285 of 435	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	34.4	315 of 435	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	32.9	312 of 425	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	56.7	168 of 417	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	47.0	229 of 412	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	43.1	249 of 409	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	49.1	211 of 415	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2004	61.3	140 of 407	65.6%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	19.9	244 of 269	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	23.6	216 of 259	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.2	218 of 269	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	204 of 263	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.8	213 of 271	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.6	229 of 266	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.1	178 of 252	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.5	174 of 247	29.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	28.2	161 of 205	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	14.2	102 of 103	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	31.3	89 of 117	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	43.3	43 of 106	59.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	8.2	410 of 427	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.9	399 of 415	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	394 of 426	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	381 of 417	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.6	359 of 423	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.1	409 of 415	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.9	371 of 399	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	359 of 392	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.5	339 of 380	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	167 of 173	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.2	155 of 164	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	154 of 166	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	32.5	105 of 157	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.6	108 of 154	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	11.0	117 of 124	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	102 of 113	9.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	8.5	106 of 108	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	10.4	421 of 438	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.0	402 of 428	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.7	391 of 437	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	372 of 410	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.6	390 of 421	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.6	380 of 415	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.1	366 of 396	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.4	343 of 396	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	11.0	402 of 426	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.3	384 of 422	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	378 of 428	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	371 of 419	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.8	393 of 427	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	17.3	358 of 418	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.2	349 of 399	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.7	344 of 397	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.9	340 of 380	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	36.5	168 of 269	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	37.1	166 of 271	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.9	186 of 281	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	51.3	103 of 281	63.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	17.4	250 of 256	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.3	245 of 274	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.7	184 of 254	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.4	205 of 223	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	23.6	172 of 195	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	3.4	376 of 377	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.8	369 of 373	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	28.8	277 of 376	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	336 of 369	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	2.5	342 of 343	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2026)38th percentile+32 vs school

African American (2026)9th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2026)6th percentile~ school

Female (2026)4th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)4th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2026)1st percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)<1st percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics29%~ state avg

English28%-29 vs state

Science9%-46 vs state

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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 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 8th 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
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	425^th of 449 public middle schools	5.3%		10.1	413^th of 439 public middle schools	5.9%	12	5.6	4.7	0.8	8.6	30.0	28.7	25.6	$10,777	$2,147	$8,628
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	413^th of 449 public middle schools	8.0%		8.3	423^rd of 439 public middle schools	3.6%	10	1.9	0.9	4.4	21.3	27.4	34.6	39.1	$8,907	$1,501	$7,404
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	440^th of 449 public middle schools	2.0%		14.2	386^th of 439 public middle schools	12.1%	54	4.9	0.0	0.0	23.3	10.8	19.5	31.0	$11,618	$2,367	$9,249
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	334^th of 449 public middle schools	25.6%		21.4	348^th of 439 public middle schools	20.7%	14	21.9	13.5	11.4	31.8	47.9	39.3	42.1
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	409^th of 449 public middle schools	8.9%		9.4	418^th of 439 public middle schools	4.8%	9	8.1	0.6	3.4	24.2	30.6	27.4	41.0	$10,618	$3,193	$7,403
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	377^th of 449 public middle schools	16.0%		17.6	372^nd of 439 public middle schools	15.3%	5	8.5	2.5	5.8	31.4	40.2	38.1	39.9	$9,209	$1,936	$7,250
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	429^th of 449 public middle schools	4.5%		9.2	420^th of 439 public middle schools	4.3%	9	1.5	1.6	3.2	11.1	19.1	27.4	34.9	$13,151	$2,135	$11,015
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%)	90.8	35^th of 449 public middle schools	92.2%		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
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	372^nd of 449 public middle schools	17.1%		20	353^rd of 439 public middle schools	19.6%	19	9.5	11.5	8.7	28.6	31.0	43.5	35.3	$8,337	$1,284	$7,033
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 449 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

Frequently Asked Questions about Huffman Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Huffman Middle School?

Students at Huffman Middle School are 86% African American, 11% Hispanic, 2% White.

What district is Huffman Middle School in?

Birmingham City

Is Huffman Middle School a good school?

Huffman Middle School ranks in the bottom 5.3% of Alabama middle schools.

What high school do graduates of Huffman Middle School attend?

Students who attend Huffman Middle School usually go on to attend Huffman High SchoolMagnet

How many students attend Huffman Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 384 students attended Huffman Middle School.

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