Sanford Middle School
1500 Lee Rd 11
Opelika AL, 36804, Lee County
Phone: 334-745-5023
Ranking: 
(718 out of 1,064, bottom 33%)*
(718 out of 1,064, bottom 33%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8
School District: Lee County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 35 | 44 | 46 | 51 | 47 | 44 | 45 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 649 | 680 | 674 | 725 | 737 | 690 | 707 | |||||||
| Grade 5: | 146 | 22.5% | 152 | 22.4% | 159 | 23.6% | 187 | 25.8% | 184 | 25.0% | 157 | 22.8% | 189 | 26.7% |
| Grade 6: | 154 | 23.7% | 166 | 24.4% | 173 | 25.7% | 177 | 24.4% | 167 | 22.7% | 182 | 26.4% | 200 | 28.3% |
| Grade 7: | 167 | 25.7% | 186 | 27.4% | 174 | 25.8% | 179 | 24.7% | 188 | 25.5% | 194 | 28.1% | 163 | 23.1% |
| Grade 8: | 182 | 28.0% | 176 | 25.9% | 168 | 24.9% | 182 | 25.1% | 198 | 26.9% | 157 | 22.8% | 155 | 21.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 337 | 51.9% | 352 | 51.8% | 350 | 51.9% | 355 | 49.0% | 365 | 49.5% | 338 | 49.0% | 355 | 50.2% |
| Female: | 312 | 48.1% | 328 | 48.2% | 324 | 48.1% | 370 | 51.0% | 364 | 49.4% | 344 | 49.9% | 348 | 49.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.7% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.5% | 7 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.1% |
| Hispanic: | 13 | 2.0% | 12 | 1.8% | 12 | 1.8% | 12 | 1.7% | 8 | 1.1% | 8 | 1.2% | 15 | 2.1% |
| Black: | 126 | 19.4% | 153 | 22.5% | 155 | 23.0% | 178 | 24.6% | 176 | 23.9% | 169 | 24.5% | 173 | 24.5% |
| White: | 497 | 76.6% | 503 | 74.0% | 498 | 73.9% | 528 | 72.8% | 544 | 73.8% | 502 | 72.8% | 506 | 71.6% |
| 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: | 10 | 1.5% | 5 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 344 | 53.0% | 373 | 54.9% | 365 | 54.2% | 386 | 53.2% | 367 | 49.8% | 296 | 42.9% | 256 | 36.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 73 | 11.2% | 70 | 10.3% | 72 | 10.7% | 76 | 10.5% | 75 | 10.2% | 78 | 11.3% | 62 | 8.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.54 | 15.53 | 14.72 | 14.23 | 15.75 | 15.60 | 15.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.2% | 54.6% | 50.6% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 24% | 40.1% | 42.2% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.2% | 44.8% | 45% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.16% | 32.05% | 37.08% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.94% | 38.91% | 37.25% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.4% | 49.7% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.1% | 46.6% | 58.7% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 56.6% | 64% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.88% | 54.48% | 62.46% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.37% | 57.85% | 64.88% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 52.6% | 48.9% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 44.1% | 44.4% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 49.6% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.66% | 40.17% | 43.41% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.85% | 42.59% | 43.74% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.3% | 51.9% | 47% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 28.5% | 47.2% | 42.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 53.3% | 48.1% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 30.46% | 40.85% | 39.83% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 5th Grade | % met std | 38.22% | 44.2% | 40.59% |
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.6% | 39.4% | 42% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 27% | 33.7% | 41% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 45.7% | 45.4% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 41.83% | 40.59% | 46.94% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.21% | 60.86% | 56.16% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 48.1% | 55.7% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 37.4% | 56.1% | 63% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 61.1% | 60% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.25% | 63.87% | 65.27% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.28% | 64.66% | 65.55% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 47.4% | 51.7% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 36.4% | 45.8% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 57.1% | 55.1% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.06% | 53.67% | 56.69% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.43% | 69.3% | 62.72% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 43.3% | 49.2% | 51.1% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 35.2% | 47.5% | 48.9% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.5% | 49.4% | 51.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 58.17% | 56.34% | 58.32% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.5% | 66.09% | 60.06% |
| ARMT | ||||||
| 2005 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 57.1% | 71.8% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 62.9% | 76.5% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.67% | 64.1% | 77.26% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.65% | 61.65% | 77.97% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.45% | 70.91% | 79.94% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.93% | 73% | 82.61% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.49% | 88.44% | 88.95% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.96% | 93.54% | 91.32% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 74.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.2% | 74.4% | 80.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.68% | 81.56% | 84.6% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.13% | 78.42% | 84.37% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.59% | 82.73% | 84.65% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.22% | 84.14% | 85.64% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.11% | 90.85% | 88.59% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.75% | 90.95% | 88.88% |
| 2004 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 54% | 56% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.2% | 63% | 66.5% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 66.3% | 74.7% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 61.15% | 59.23% | 73.46% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.24% | 58.88% | 71.9% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 66.4% | 74.92% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.79% | 72.46% | 76.94% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 74.42% | 73.89% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.76% | 83.52% | 77.16% |
| 2004 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 81.3% | 82.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 83.9% | 81.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 72% | 82.2% | 83% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.92% | 82.19% | 84.87% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.41% | 85.23% | 86.61% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.77% | 87.22% | 86.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.97% | 84.84% | 86.13% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.05% | 89.26% | 88.19% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.28% | 92.43% | 88.35% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 51.5% | 56.9% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 48.4% | 59.1% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 44.08% | 51.12% | 59.82% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 49.36% | 50.2% | 61.26% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.05% | 60.06% | 65.79% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.39% | 69.31% | 68.76% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.16% | 76.39% | 70.36% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.26% | 72.04% | 72.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 64% | 69.9% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 67% | 73.3% | 74.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.17% | 73.72% | 77% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.03% | 74.64% | 79.13% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.19% | 80% | 81.28% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80.87% | 84.82% | 83.02% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 85.96% | 84.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.21% | 86.76% | 86.25% |
| 2005 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 54.8% | 63% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.8% | 58.9% | 67.6% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.28% | 58.68% | 66.3% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.12% | 57.58% | 68.13% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.58% | 69.32% | 73.77% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.64% | 76.43% | 78.62% |
| 2011 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.93% | 79.01% | 77.01% |
| 2012 | Mathematics | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.35% | 79.41% | 78.62% |
| 2004 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 53.4% | 57.3% |
| 2005 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 62.8% | 69.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 66.7% | 71.7% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.36% | 68.84% | 71.94% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.81% | 69.89% | 73.87% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.71% | 72.69% | 74.89% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.29% | 70.51% | 73.51% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.86% | 74.66% | 76.95% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 77.11% | 78.54% | 79.33% |
| ASA | ||||||
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 61% | 69.84% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.95% | 65.51% | 73.2% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.01% | 72.2% | 77.35% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.22% | 75.92% | 78.77% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.8% | 83.52% | 80.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 54.19% | 55.95% | 60.51% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.23% | 67.17% | 70.34% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.31% | 61.92% | 68.79% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.77% | 66.62% | 68.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.99% | 70.43% | 75.67% |
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* Sanford Middle School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.