Summary:
In zip code 36322, there is exactly one middle school, Daleville Middle School, which serves grades 5 through 8 and is part of the Daleville City district.
For parents considering this area, the key takeaway is that Daleville Middle School is a high-poverty school (73% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch) with a high student-teacher ratio of 25.1:1. Academically, the school ranks in the bottom quartile of Alabama middle schools, holding a 1-star rating and ranking 327th out of 443 schools in the 2025-2026 school year. The most significant challenge is mathematics, where proficiency rates are dramatically below state averages across all grade levels. For example, only 7.69% of 7th graders and 8.33% of 6th graders were proficient in math in 2025-2026, compared to state averages of 24.46% and 35.22%. There was also a troubling decline in 5th grade math, dropping from 36.84% proficiency in 2024-2025 to just 18.67% in 2025-2026.
However, there are some bright spots. The school shows strong performance in 8th grade science, with 48.75% proficiency in 2025-2026—a remarkable 26-point improvement from the previous year and nearly matching the state average. English Language Arts scores, while still below state averages, are considerably stronger than math, with 7th and 8th grade showing year-over-year improvement. Chronic absenteeism at 12.7% is only slightly above the state average and notably better than the district average of 15.4%, which is encouraging given the high poverty rate. Overall, Daleville Middle School faces significant academic hurdles, particularly in mathematics, but the success in science and upper-grade ELA suggests that targeted interventions could help replicate those gains across other subjects.
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