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Banks Middle School
721 86th St South
Birmingham AL, 35206, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-231-5190
Ranking: 
(786 out of 1,064, bottom 26%)*
(786 out of 1,064, bottom 26%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Birmingham City School District
Title I Eligible School: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2010-2011 | 2007-2008 | |||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 30 | ||
| Total Students: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 477 | |
| Grade 6: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 158 | 33.1% |
| Grade 7: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 174 | 36.5% |
| Grade 8: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 145 | 30.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||
| Male: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 238 | 49.9% |
| Female: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 235 | 49.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 0.2% |
| Black: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 470 | 98.5% |
| White: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6 | 1.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 15.90 | |
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 15.8% | 24.1% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 22.6% | 25.8% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 16.4% | 28.4% | 45.4% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 38.9% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 55.2% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.8% | 51.6% | 60% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 26.4% | 33.7% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 32.7% | 33.5% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 43.7% | 55.1% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 24.1% | 39.1% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 32% | 37.1% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 39.2% | 51.2% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 27.8% | 31.2% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 49.1% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 57.8% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.69% | 60.12% | 73.46% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 69.1% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 67.9% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.7% | 67.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.79% | 72.52% | 84.87% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 42.7% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 41.9% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.34% | 47.68% | 59.82% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87% | 62.1% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 63.6% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.36% | 66.23% | 77% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.6% | 40.7% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 30.4% | 56.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.79% | 58.37% | 66.3% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 38.8% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 52.7% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 60% | 60% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.95% | 61.54% | 71.94% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Banks Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.