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Childersburg Middle School

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Childersburg Middle School ranks 229 th of 439 Alabama middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

229^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 439 Alabama Middle Schools

Better than 48% of Alabama middle schools

Summary

Childersburg Middle School is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Childersburg, Alabama, part of the Talladega County school district. With 269 students, the school has seen its statewide ranking fluctuate between 81 and 247 out of around 430-440 Alabama middle schools over the past 10 years, currently ranking 229 with a 2-star rating.

Childersburg Middle School consistently underperforms the Talladega County and Alabama state averages in test scores, with only 28.57% of 6th graders proficient in math compared to 33.48% in the county and 33.97% statewide. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.8% to 21.2%, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, Childersburg Middle School has an extremely high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, from 80.8% to 86.78%, much higher than the state average.

While Childersburg Middle School's overall performance is weak, its African American students and students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds perform relatively better compared to their peers statewide. However, the school's performance is generally weaker than the nearby Chelsea Middle School in Shelby County, and its student-teacher ratio of around 19.8 is higher than the nearby schools, which may contribute to its academic challenges.

245

Students ?

16.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$7,094

Per pupil spending ?

74.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

800 4th St SE
Childersburg, AL 35044

(256) 315-5505

District: Talladega County

Racial breakdown:

African American:

56.3%

White:

37.6%

Hispanic:

3.3%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 44th percentile in 2015 → 48th in 2025

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school38%

District avg41%

Alabama avg42%

229^th of 439

Alabama public middle schools ?

Bottom 48%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 44% (2015) to bottom 48% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Middle Schools in the Talladega County

71^st of 135Talladega County 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
2025	47.0	229 of 439	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.2	182 of 442	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.3	151 of 437	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.6	167 of 432	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.0	194 of 440	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.4	247 of 437	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	55.0	180 of 423	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	73.4	81 of 432	81.3%	★★★★☆
2016	61.1	146 of 432	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2015	43.6	239 of 430	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2014	37.1	289 of 438	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	69.8	106 of 436	75.7%	★★★★☆
2012	77.9	60 of 436	86.2%	★★★★☆
2011	80.7	48 of 435	89.0%	★★★★☆
2010	83.0	44 of 435	89.9%	★★★★★
2009	70.8	97 of 425	77.2%	★★★★☆
2008	67.3	112 of 417	73.1%	★★★★☆
2007	75.3	70 of 412	83.0%	★★★★☆
2006	52.9	186 of 409	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2005	31.3	305 of 415	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	44.4	235 of 407	42.3%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	54.4	82 of 259	68.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	64.0	63 of 269	76.6%	★★★★☆
2023	70.1	51 of 263	80.6%	★★★★☆
2022	59.4	76 of 271	72.0%	★★★★☆
2021	59.3	75 of 266	71.8%	★★★★☆
2019	56.7	79 of 252	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.4	62 of 247	74.9%	★★★★☆
2017	83.3	22 of 205	89.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	48.3	210 of 415	49.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.3	211 of 426	50.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.9	219 of 417	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.9	215 of 423	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	51.5	192 of 415	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.7	226 of 399	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.8	182 of 392	53.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	71.6	76 of 380	80.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	54.5	165 of 428	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.5	126 of 437	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	54.1	164 of 410	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.2	88 of 421	79.1%	★★★★☆
2021	63.1	121 of 415	70.8%	★★★★☆
2019	56.5	153 of 396	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.6	113 of 396	71.5%	★★★★☆
2017	80.3	40 of 349	88.5%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	45.4	221 of 422	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	58.2	149 of 428	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	67.8	100 of 419	76.1%	★★★★☆
2022	60.8	133 of 427	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	51.7	178 of 418	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.1	231 of 399	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	56.0	163 of 397	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	70.4	83 of 380	78.2%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	32.7	191 of 271	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.0	153 of 281	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.0	227 of 281	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.7	167 of 256	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.2	181 of 274	33.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	50.8	156 of 377	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.1	161 of 373	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.6	113 of 370	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.7	97 of 376	74.2%	★★★★☆
2021	57.7	120 of 369	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.0	182 of 343	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	57.5	112 of 331	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	67.9	55 of 247	77.7%	★★★★☆

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)

African American (2025)68th percentile+21 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)61st percentile+14 vs school

White (2025)59th percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)49th percentile~ school

Male (2025)48th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)30th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Alabama (2024-2025) ?

English55%~ state avg

Science47%+5 vs state

Mathematics18%-10 vs state

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by a parent
Friday, October 4, 2019

The assistant principal militarizes the students & spends his days sitting in classes not allowing teachers to take charge on their own. While taking so much energy to police the halls, he is either ignoring everything going on under his nose or is too fucking ignorant to realize it.
For him to put forth so much energy in policing the school , you’d think he would care more about how students are treating one another than being the first to pass out one way tickets (which is a rather useless punishment) to OSCAR. Maybe try praising the kids on even simple good behaviors instead of automatically setting them up to to fail. Kids will be what you make them out to be, man. Figured you knew this with all this training.
You have kids getting slapped but “not really if you didn’t see it.” You’ve got kids being bullied but “not really if you saw them talking weeks before.”
I don’t know if you need to be replaced or if you need a lesson taught to you by a dominatrix. Close Quote

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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
Childersburg Middle School	Public	6-8	800 4th St SE	Childersburg	35044	Talladega County	Talladega County	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 315-5505	245	15	16.6	74.3%	92 (37.6%)	138 (56.3%)	8 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.4%)	47	229^th of 439 public middle schools	47.8%		54.2	182^nd of 442 public middle schools	58.8%	47			28.6	9.4	15.7		46.9			64.5	46.9	53.0	$7,094	$668	$6,396
NicholsLawson Middle School	Public	6-8	1550 Talladega Highway	Sylacauga	35150	Talladega County	Sylacauga City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 245-4376	446	29	15.3	60.1%	215 (48.2%)	181 (40.6%)	26 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	50.7	205^th of 439 public middle schools	53.3%		56.1	171^st of 442 public middle schools	61.3%	34			23.9	27.5	18.6		41.9			43.4	60.6	56.5	$9,574	$1,586	$7,965
Columbiana Middle School	Public	6-8	222 Joinertown Road	Columbiana	35051	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-6610	428	29	14.6	62.9%	322 (75.2%)	34 (7.9%)	57 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	51.1	203^rd of 439 public middle schools	53.8%		49.8	206^th of 442 public middle schools	53.4%	3			20.9	16.0	25.8		44.4			56.3	59.5	52.4	$10,167	$908	$9,238
Chelsea Middle School	Public	6-8	2321 Highway 39	Chelsea	35043	Shelby County	Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(205) 682-7210	831	47	17.8	29.0%	632 (76.1%)	90 (10.8%)	63 (7.6%)	14 (1.7%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (3.0%)	88.4	43^rd of 439 public middle schools	90.2%		92.9	28^th of 442 public middle schools	93.7%	15			53.1	38.6	48.1		70.8			69.4	76.1	75.6	$7,609	$560	$7,031
Evelyn D Houston Elementary School	Public	4-6	1310 Ashland Hwy	Talladega	35160	Talladega County	Talladega City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 315-5808	302	18	16.7	84.4%	55 (18.2%)	212 (70.2%)	20 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)								(n/a)	14.4	12.4	8.3			14.4		26.0	46.3	34.3			$8,799	$1,620	$7,175

Frequently Asked Questions about Childersburg Middle School

What district is Childersburg Middle School in?

Talladega County

How many students attend Childersburg Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 245 students attended Childersburg Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Childersburg Middle School?

Students at Childersburg Middle School are 56% African American, 38% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

Is Childersburg Middle School a good school?

Childersburg Middle School ranks 229^th of 439 Alabama middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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