Summary:
Zip code 36507 is home to just one middle school, Bay Minette Middle School, which serves grades 7 and 8 with 432 students in the Baldwin County school district.
Bay Minette Middle School shows a mixed picture of performance. The school’s biggest strength is 8th-grade science, where 60.2% of students scored proficient or advanced in 2025-2026—well above the state average of 54.1%. Eighth-grade math also improved dramatically, jumping from 21.1% to 33.0% proficiency in one year, and 8th-grade English rose to 53.4%. However, 7th-grade performance is a concern: math proficiency dipped to just 19.5% (below the state’s 24.5%), and English fell to 48.0%. The school consistently trails the Baldwin County district average in every subject and grade, with the largest gaps in English (15-17 percentage points behind).
Two factors likely influence these results. Chronic absenteeism is 15.2%, notably higher than the district’s 11.2% and state’s 12.0%. Additionally, 61.8% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating a predominantly economically disadvantaged population. The school’s state ranking has been volatile, moving from the 61st percentile to the 43rd, then back to the 56th percentile over three years. With a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1 and per-student spending of $11,078, the school has reasonable resources but needs targeted interventions—especially in 7th-grade math and overall English proficiency—to build consistency and close the gap with its district.
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