Middle · Regular · Grades 5 to 8

Rutledge School, Midfield, AL

CEP schoolRutledge School is a public middle school in Midfield, part of Midfield City School District. It enrolled 288 students in 2024-25, with 20.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 288
Teachers (FTE): 14.0
Students per teacher: 20.6
Grades: 5 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 19.5. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.6

District19.5

Alabama17.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 1221 8th St, Midfield, AL 35228
Phone: (205)780-8647
District: Midfield City School District
County: Jefferson County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 010235000892

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 260
Reduced-price lunch: 0
Free or reduced-price lunch: 26090.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 260Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.