Summary:
In zip code 36037, there is one middle school, Greenville Middle School, serving grades 5 through 8 with an enrollment of 513 students in the Greenville, Alabama area.
Greenville Middle School is part of the Butler County district, which ranks in the 38th percentile statewide. The school itself has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Alabama middle schools, with its percentile rank declining from the 25th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 17th percentile in 2025-2026. Academic proficiency is significantly below state averages across all subjects. In mathematics, proficiency rates are critically low, ranging from just 4.04% in 7th grade to 21.19% in 5th grade, compared to state averages between 24.46% and 39.06%. English proficiency is relatively stronger, with rates from 35.77% in 6th grade to 50.85% in 5th grade, though still below state averages. Only 25% of 8th graders are proficient in science versus the state average of 54.12%.
The school faces significant challenges related to poverty and attendance. A large majority of students (76.8%) qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a high-poverty environment. The chronic absenteeism rate is 28.6%, more than double the state average of 12.0%. The student-teacher ratio is 19:1, which is relatively high and may limit individualized attention. Per-student spending was $8,003 in the most recent data. There is a notable decline in math proficiency as students progress through grades, with 5th graders at 21.19% proficiency dropping to just 4.04% by 7th grade. However, there is a potential bright spot: 5th graders showed significant improvement in both math (21.19% vs. 9.6% the previous year) and English (50.85% vs. 39.84%), suggesting recent interventions may be having a positive effect.
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