Rutledge School
1221 8th St
Birmingham AL, 35228, Jefferson County
Phone: 205-780-8647
Ranking: 
(935 out of 1,064, bottom 12%)*
(935 out of 1,064, bottom 12%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
School District: Midfield City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 21 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 399 | 427 | 423 | 368 | 389 | 374 | 362 | |||||||
| Grade 5: | 79 | 19.8% | 98 | 23.0% | 103 | 24.3% | 83 | 22.6% | 94 | 24.2% | 96 | 25.7% | 82 | 22.7% |
| Grade 6: | 103 | 25.8% | 112 | 26.2% | 103 | 24.3% | 87 | 23.6% | 107 | 27.5% | 87 | 23.3% | 82 | 22.7% |
| Grade 7: | 111 | 27.8% | 108 | 25.3% | 104 | 24.6% | 105 | 28.5% | 94 | 24.2% | 88 | 23.5% | 100 | 27.6% |
| Grade 8: | 106 | 26.6% | 109 | 25.5% | 113 | 26.7% | 93 | 25.3% | 94 | 24.2% | 103 | 27.5% | 98 | 27.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 179 | 44.9% | 198 | 46.4% | 202 | 47.8% | 180 | 48.9% | 187 | 48.1% | 169 | 45.2% | 184 | 50.8% |
| Female: | 220 | 55.1% | 229 | 53.6% | 221 | 52.2% | 188 | 51.1% | 194 | 49.9% | 197 | 52.7% | 174 | 48.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% | 4 | 1.1% | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Hispanic: | 3 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| Black: | 391 | 98.0% | 415 | 97.2% | 416 | 98.3% | 358 | 97.3% | 378 | 97.2% | 366 | 97.9% | 353 | 97.5% |
| White: | 3 | 0.8% | 5 | 1.2% | 4 | 0.9% | 6 | 1.6% | 10 | 2.6% | 7 | 1.9% | 8 | 2.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 346 | 86.7% | 348 | 81.5% | 349 | 82.5% | 285 | 77.4% | 297 | 76.3% | 232 | 62.0% | 228 | 63.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 22 | 5.5% | 20 | 4.7% | 25 | 5.9% | 32 | 8.7% | 39 | 10.0% | 44 | 11.8% | 43 | 11.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.00 | 19.41 | 18.39 | 18.40 | 17.68 | 18.90 | 16.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 45.3% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.5% | 26.5% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.1% | 19.1% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.79% | 15.79% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.37% | 20.37% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 38.6% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.9% | 30.9% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 29.8% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.88% | 16.88% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.15% | 48.15% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 58.6% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 36.1% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.9% | 21.9% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 13.16% | 13.16% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 48.14% | 48.14% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.3% | 49.3% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.7% | 33.7% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 23.2% | 23.2% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 25% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.07% | 24.07% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 39% | 39% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 23.1% | 23.1% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 28.3% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 16.49% | 16.49% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.38% | 41.38% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.5% | 54.5% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 30% | 30% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.1% | 30.1% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 33.67% | 33.67% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.47% | 57.47% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 48.1% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 38.8% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.5% | 41.5% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.05% | 35.05% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.58% | 50.58% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.8% | 51.8% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 45.3% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 38.6% | 38.6% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.11% | 37.11% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.17% | 55.17% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 56% | 56% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 35% | 35% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.68% | 75.68% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.76% | 46.76% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.51% | 58.51% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.41% | 53.41% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.46% | 80.46% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.37% | 81.37% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 68.2% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.4% | 58.4% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.13% | 85.13% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 58.44% | 58.44% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.89% | 64.89% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.64% | 63.64% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.71% | 74.71% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.45% | 77.45% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 35.6% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 53% | 53% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 59.7% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 50% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.45% | 61.45% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 50% | 50% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 69% | 69% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 62.36% | 62.36% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.85% | 57.85% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 72.2% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 80.6% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 72.2% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.22% | 65.22% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.72% | 80.72% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.88% | 68.88% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 74% | 74% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 82.8% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.35% | 82.35% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 40.9% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 49% | 49% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.44% | 49.44% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.82% | 60.82% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.89% | 68.89% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.77% | 64.77% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67% | 67% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.43% | 51.43% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 67.5% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.6% | 56.6% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.11% | 71.11% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.95% | 64.95% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.78% | 77.78% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.89% | 68.89% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70% | 70% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.62% | 67.62% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 44% | 44% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 49.5% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.08% | 46.08% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.47% | 73.47% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.97% | 67.97% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.42% | 72.42% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.92% | 63.92% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.52% | 69.52% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 40% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 59% | 59% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 57.8% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 54.9% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.04% | 68.04% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.11% | 63.11% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.71% | 74.71% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.92% | 63.92% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.28% | 74.28% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 50% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.71% | 61.71% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.98% | 56.98% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.05% | 69.05% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 45.1% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.09% | 36.09% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 66.67% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 31.11% | 31.11% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 31% | 31% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 39.05% | 39.05% | 75.67% |
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* Rutledge School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.