Eclectic Middle School, Eclectic AL

Original Research by School Decision on Eclectic Middle School

Eclectic Middle School serves grades five through eight as a regular public school within the Elmore County system. The student body is predominantly white, and more than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, giving a good sense of the economic mix in the building. With an enrollment that is moderate for a middle school and roughly even across grades, class sizes are likely manageable.

Academically, the school presents a clear split between subjects. English language arts is a genuine strength. Proficiency rates across all four grades are solid, with the strongest showing at the fifth-grade level, where a large majority of students met the bar. The sixth through eighth grades also posted strong results, with well more than half of students proficient each year. By contrast, math is a soft spot. Proficiency rates were low across every grade, with no grade breaking the four-in-ten mark. The eighth-grade science result, where roughly three in five students were proficient, suggests that the subject-area pattern is not uniform. When measured by an overall proficiency index combining all tested subjects and grades, the school’s performance sits below the midpoint when compared with the other districts in Elmore County. A parent whose child needs support in math may want to ask the school directly about interventions, small-group instruction, or after-school help.

The town of Eclectic is small and family-oriented, situated just south of Lake Martin. It is a quiet residential and commercial community with family-owned shops and restaurants along the main highway. The annual Alabama Cotton Festival is a local anchor. Development is slow and steady. The town’s economy is rooted in educational services, health care, retail, and construction, with many residents likely commuting to nearby cities such as Wetumpka, Montgomery, or Auburn for work. Housing values are above the state median but still lower than the national median, and the area is not under strong price pressure.

The school district did not report any recent major changes such as boundary shifts, curriculum revisions, or tax referendums. Data gaps are present: information on special education enrollment, English learner population, discipline rates, chronic absenteeism, and staffing was not available in the data reviewed. These are areas a prospective parent would need to investigate by contacting the school or attending a school board meeting. Eclectic Middle School offers a solid Reading program and a challenging math profile for a family to weigh.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 40% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 36% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 728%

School 28% · District 27% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 30% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 71% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 657%

School 57% · District 60% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 59% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 868%

School 68% · District 58% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median

Science

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 51% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median

This schoolElmore County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income66%Higher-income83%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income45%Higher-income67%23 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income52%Higher-income73%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income57%Higher-income77%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income15%Higher-income23%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income16%Higher-income41%26 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income26%Higher-income43%17 pp gap