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Fort Payne Middle School

Summary:

Fort Payne Middle School is a public middle school in Fort Payne, Alabama, serving 787 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Fort Payne City School District, which is ranked 54 out of 137 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Fort Payne Middle School has a diverse student population, with nearly equal percentages of White (49.94%) and Hispanic (42.69%) students, as well as smaller populations of African American (3.56%), Asian (1.02%), and Native American (0.76%) students. The school's academic performance is generally higher than the Fort Payne City and Alabama state averages, particularly in Mathematics and English. However, the school's Mathematics proficiency rates have fluctuated in recent years, suggesting a need to review and strengthen the curriculum and instructional practices in this subject area.

Fort Payne Middle School has demonstrated strong performance for certain student subgroups, such as African American and Special Education students, consistently ranking among the top middle schools in Alabama for these populations. However, the school's performance for Hispanic and Native American students has been more average. Additionally, the school serves a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with over 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which may require the school to provide additional academic and social-emotional support to meet the unique needs of this student population.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 4910 Martin Ave NE
       Fort Payne, AL  35967

(256) 845-7501

District: Fort Payne City

SchoolDigger Rank:
153rd of 442 Alabama Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,069 Help


Students who attend Fort Payne Middle School usually attend:

High:    Fort Payne High School

Feeder schools for Fort Payne Middle School:

Elementary:    Little Ridge Intermediate School
    Wills Valley Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.6 Help
Number of students:  756

Racial breakdown:

White:
48.4%
Hispanic:
44.2%
African American:
3.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  73.4% Help


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Compare Details Fort Payne Middle School ranks better than 65.4% of middle schools in Alabama. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.08. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (48.4%), Hispanic (44.2%), African American (3.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 73.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fort Payne Middle School is 15.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fort Payne Middle School is $7,069.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fort Payne Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fort Payne Middle School 153rd of 442 Alabama public middle schools. (See Fort Payne Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Fort Payne City:

SchoolDigger ranks Fort Payne City 54th of 137 Alabama school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Fort Payne Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 65.52 122nd 407 70.0%
2005 66.72 98th 415 76.4%
2006 71.95 81st 409 80.2%
2007 63.26 143rd 412 65.3%
2008 68.13 107th 417 74.3%
2009 66.71 119th 425 72.0%
2010 63.16 153rd 435 64.8%
2011 66.43 148th 435 66.0%
2012 64.32 146th 436 66.5%
2013 58.69 189th 436 56.7%
2014 47.36 233rd 438 46.8%
2015 62.18 132nd 430 69.3%
2016 60.84 148th 432 65.7%
2017 67.67 105th 432 75.7%
2018 61.66 148th 423 65.0%
2019 56.68 181st 437 58.6%
2021 63.95 124th 440 71.8%
2022 70.99 93rd 432 78.5%
2023 66.49 121st 437 72.3%
2024 59.08 153rd 442 65.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 32.80 8th 13 38.5%
2018 29.25 18th 25 28.0%
2019 40.22 16th 31 48.4%
2021 48.90 19th 70 72.9%
2022 43.39 37th 81 54.3%
2023 40.83 43rd 94 54.3%
2024 40.03 54th 106 49.1%
See the entire list of Best Alabama Middle Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 58.71 46th 195 76.4%
2018 54.77 78th 223 65.0%
2019 65.25 53rd 254 79.1%
2021 66.16 41st 274 85.0%
2022 56.57 76th 256 70.3%
2023 69.80 45th 281 84.0%
2024 85.10 20th 281 92.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 61.30 98th 349 71.9%
2018 59.52 148th 396 62.6%
2019 51.52 191st 396 51.8%
2021 65.18 113th 415 72.8%
2022 71.79 68th 421 83.8%
2023 61.49 123rd 410 70.0%
2024 56.87 165th 437 62.2%
See the entire list of Best Alabama Middle Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 67.33 95th 380 75.0%
2018 61.98 138th 392 64.8%
2019 60.75 134th 399 66.4%
2021 60.60 138th 415 66.7%
2022 67.83 102nd 423 75.9%
2023 67.10 105th 417 74.8%
2024 56.22 167th 426 60.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 64.71 108th 380 71.6%
2018 60.46 141st 397 64.5%
2019 53.82 180th 399 54.9%
2021 63.73 112th 418 73.2%
2022 69.01 97th 427 77.3%
2023 63.32 117th 419 72.1%
2024 58.81 146th 428 65.9%
See the entire list of Best Alabama Middle Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for African American students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 89.98 16th 269 94.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 52.19 42nd 108 61.1%
2018 40.63 63rd 113 44.2%
2019 35.86 79th 124 36.3%
2021 46.67 73rd 154 52.6%
2022 52.42 68th 157 56.7%
2023 53.84 67th 166 59.6%
2024 44.35 74th 164 54.9%
See the entire list of Best Alabama Middle Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for Native American students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 34.42 29th 44 34.1%
2021 45.67 27th 56 51.8%
2022 50.40 28th 65 56.9%
2023 55.36 23rd 61 62.3%
2024 42.50 39th 69 43.5%
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Rank History for White students at Fort Payne Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 61.54 72nd 247 70.9%
2018 64.65 79th 331 76.1%
2019 60.02 106th 343 69.1%
2021 68.55 79th 369 78.6%
2022 79.39 50th 376 86.7%
2023 66.70 90th 370 75.7%
2024 59.82 117th 373 68.6%
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Data source: test scores: Alabama State Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Alabama State Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Fort Payne Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 549 45 2 0 1 n/a n/a 0 597
1990 525 41 1 1 41 n/a n/a 0 609
1991 598 47 4 0 59 n/a n/a 0 708
1992 612 47 7 2 77 n/a n/a 0 745
1993 667 53 7 4 58 n/a n/a 0 789
1994 689 47 2 5 55 n/a n/a 0 798
1995 710 50 3 15 29 n/a n/a 0 807
1996 710 50 3 15 29 n/a n/a 0 807
1997 740 39 0 45 9 n/a n/a 0 833
1998 748 44 1 54 9 n/a n/a 0 856
1999 508 38 7 44 3 n/a n/a 0 600
2000 506 37 7 59 1 n/a n/a 0 610
2001 486 35 5 73 0 n/a n/a 0 599
2002 488 38 3 120 0 n/a n/a 0 649
2003 488 38 3 120 0 n/a n/a 0 649
2004 489 30 5 123 0 n/a n/a 0 647
2005 603 46 3 171 0 n/a n/a 0 823
2006 606 46 4 193 1 n/a n/a 0 850
2007 596 48 9 219 0 n/a n/a 0 872
2008 569 54 8 221 0 n/a n/a 0 852
2009 560 47 8 236 1 n/a n/a 0 852
2010 532 55 7 227 2 n/a n/a 0 823
2011 570 55 5 263 0 0 2 0 895
2012 548 44 3 271 2 0 39 0 907
2013 541 36 1 290 1 0 52 0 921
2014 503 38 3 313 3 0 62 0 922
2015 508 34 6 335 5 0 56 0 944
2016 517 27 11 343 5 0 33 0 936
2017 543 24 11 365 20 0 27 0 990
2018 572 26 9 405 21 0 24 0 1057
2019 547 34 8 420 16 0 19 0 1044
2020 561 32 6 460 13 0 17 0 1089
2021 556 38 7 467 17 0 16 0 1101
2022 397 32 7 331 10 1 14 0 792
2023 393 28 8 336 6 0 16 0 787
2024 366 27 7 334 7 0 15 0 756

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Fort Payne Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 597 22.0 27.1 n/a
1990 609 24.0 25.3 0
1991 708 29.0 24.4 n/a
1992 745 30.0 24.8 n/a
1993 789 29.0 27.2 n/a
1994 798 32.5 24.6 n/a
1995 807 39.2 20.6 n/a
1996 807 39.2 20.6 n/a
1997 833 40.3 20.7 27.9
1998 856 40.7 21.0 27.8
1999 600 32.0 18.8 33.7
2000 610 32.5 18.8 45.9
2001 599 31.5 19.0 41.6
2002 649 32.2 20.2 46.1
2003 649 32.2 20.2 46.1
2004 647 33.0 19.6 48.2
2005 823 50.0 16.5 48.1
2006 850 46.0 18.5 51.9
2007 872 41.1 21.2 51.8
2008 852 43.9 19.4 53.6
2009 852 46.6 18.1 55.4
2010 823 48.8 16.8 57.7
2011 895 51.3 17.4 62.5
2012 907 52.8 17.1 63.8
2013 921 51.0 18.0 66.1
2014 922 47.5 19.4 67.2
2015 944 48.0 19.6 64.7
2016 936 50.0 18.7 65
2017 990 50.3 19.6 61.8
2018 1057 53.3 19.8 66.2
2019 1044 54.3 19.2 65
2020 1089 54.3 20.0 63
2021 1101 57.3 19.1 67.8
2022 792 43.5 18.2 59.8
2023 787 49.8 15.7 73.6
2024 756 48.2 15.6 73.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Fort Payne Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 597 22.0 27.1 n/a
1990 609 24.0 25.3 0
1991 708 29.0 24.4 n/a
1992 745 30.0 24.8 n/a
1993 789 29.0 27.2 n/a
1994 798 32.5 24.6 n/a
1995 807 39.2 20.6 n/a
1996 807 39.2 20.6 n/a
1997 833 40.3 20.7 27.9
1998 856 40.7 21.0 27.8
1999 600 32.0 18.8 33.7
2000 610 32.5 18.8 45.9
2001 599 31.5 19.0 41.6
2002 649 32.2 20.2 46.1
2003 649 32.2 20.2 46.1
2004 647 33.0 19.6 48.2
2005 823 50.0 16.5 48.1
2006 850 46.0 18.5 51.9
2007 872 41.1 21.2 51.8
2008 852 43.9 19.4 53.6
2009 852 46.6 18.1 55.4
2010 823 48.8 16.8 57.7
2011 895 51.3 17.4 62.5
2012 907 52.8 17.1 63.8
2013 921 51.0 18.0 66.1
2014 922 47.5 19.4 67.2
2015 944 48.0 19.6 64.7
2016 936 50.0 18.7 65
2017 990 50.3 19.6 61.8
2018 1057 53.3 19.8 66.2
2019 1044 54.3 19.2 65
2020 1089 54.3 20.0 63
2021 1101 57.3 19.1 67.8
2022 792 43.5 18.2 59.8
2023 787 49.8 15.7 73.6
2024 756 48.2 15.6 73.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Fort Payne Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,258 (17.8%) $5,788 (81.9%) $7,069

Data source: Alabama Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Fort Payne Middle School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 181st of 437 Middle schoolsRanks 121st of 437 Middle schools
 13.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Fort Payne Middle School)39.844.4
 4.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Fort Payne City)39.844.4
 4.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)45.330.8
 14.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Fort Payne Middle School)4423.6
 20.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fort Payne City)4423.6
 20.4%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)43.121
 22.1%
8th Grade Mathematics (Fort Payne Middle School)43.118.6
 24.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fort Payne City)43.118.6
 24.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Alabama)44.721.1
 23.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students1044787
 24.6%
African American3428
 17.6%
American Indian166
 62.5%
Asian88
Hispanic420336
 20%
Pacific Islander00
White547393
 28.2%
Two or More Races1916
 15.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65%73.6%
 8.5%

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Fort Payne Middle School ranks 153rd of 442 Alabama middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 756 students attended Fort Payne Middle School.

Students at Fort Payne Middle School are 48% White, 44% Hispanic, 4% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Fort Payne Middle School usually go on to attend Fort Payne High School


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