Winfield Middle School, Winfield AL

Original Research by School Decision on Winfield Middle School

Winfield Middle School serves fifth through eighth grade in the Winfield City School District, a small, independent district in northwest Alabama. The school is located in the town of Winfield, a place with a historic downtown anchored by the restored Pastime Theatre and an annual Mule Day celebration that draws visitors from the surrounding area. The town’s civic life centers on its downtown core, and the community has access to a large municipal park with sports facilities, a nature trail, and a community center, as well as nearby national forest and lake recreation. The housing market in the broader area is more affordable than national and state benchmarks, typical of smaller communities in this part of Alabama.

The student body at Winfield Middle School is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Black, Hispanic, and Asian students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a measure that gives a sense of the economic circumstances many families in the district face. Data on students with individualized education plans and English learners was not reported here, so a reader cannot assess the school’s special education or language support caseload from this profile.

Academically, the school shows a notable split between English language arts and math performance on the Alabama state assessments. Across the grades tested, proficiency rates in reading and writing are on the high side, with the strongest results in fifth grade and seventh grade, and eighth grade a bit lower but still solid. Math proficiency is more moderate, with rates clustered around the midpoint across all four grades. Science, tested only in eighth grade, shows a lower proficiency rate, a pattern that is common in many schools where science scores tend to trail reading and math. When looking at how the school compares with other districts in Marion County, its overall proficiency across subjects lands above the midpoint among the two districts in the county. This is a small universe for comparison, but within that frame, Winfield Middle School holds its own.

No chronic absenteeism or discipline data was available, and the school’s program offerings, such as elective courses, extracurriculars, or academic supports, were not detailed in the data provided. A parent interested in the range of enrichment or intervention options would want to ask the school directly.

The district brief turned up no recent large-scale changes, referendums, or facility projects to report. That is neither good nor bad, just an indication that no major shifts have been publicly documented in the last few years. The school itself is a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation, and its Title I status was not specified.

For a family considering Winfield, the school offers a solid English language arts program and a middle-of-the-pack math picture. The town provides a small-city feel with basic amenities and outdoor recreation nearby. The district is compact, with one school at each level, so students who start here are likely to move through with a consistent peer group. The biggest open questions for a parent would be about math and science support, the specifics of student services, and what after-school or enrichment options exist, none of which are answered by the available data.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 20 pts above state median

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 25 pts above state median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 29 pts above state median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 32 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 678%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 781%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 27 pts above state median

Grade 871%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 19 pts above state median

Science

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 6 pts above state median

This schoolWinfield City, 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-income74%Higher-income91%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income69%Higher-income86%16 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income67%Higher-income89%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income53%Higher-income86%33 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income70%37 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income43%Higher-income64%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income59%27 pp gap