Summary:
Millbrook Middle School is the sole middle school serving zip code 36054 in Millbrook, Alabama, and it educates students in grades 5 through 8 as part of the Elmore County school district.
Millbrook Middle School is a large school with 1,071 students and a student-teacher ratio of 18.1. The school has shown steady improvement in its state ranking, moving from the 55th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 66th percentile in 2025-2026, and currently holds a 3-star rating. However, it still trails its district's overall strong performance, as Elmore County ranks in the 71st percentile statewide. The most striking academic finding is the wide gap between subjects: English proficiency is strong across all grades (ranging from 56% in 8th grade to 67% in 5th grade), while math proficiency is much lower, ranging from just 23.55% in 5th grade to 40.34% in 6th grade. Science proficiency in 8th grade (57.68%) is above the state average but below the district average.
There are several areas of concern for parents to note. Chronic absenteeism is elevated at 13.4%, higher than both the district (12.1%) and state (12.0%) averages. The school also serves a high-poverty population, with 57.89% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. A particularly alarming trend is the sharp decline in 5th-grade math proficiency, which dropped from 34.69% in 2024-2025 to 23.55% in 2025-2026—an 11-point drop that warrants investigation. Additionally, while the school's math scores often hover near the state average, they consistently lag behind the district average in both math and English, trailing by 5-9 percentage points in English across every grade. Despite these challenges, the school's improving overall state ranking over three consecutive years suggests that school-wide efforts may be gaining traction, even if subject-level gains have not yet materialized uniformly.
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