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Empower Community School Upper Campus

Grades 04–08 · Bessemer, AL · NCES 010358202713

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751A Academy Drive · Bessemer, AL 35022

At a glance

Reported students

211

NCES CCD 2024–25

Grades served

04–08

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

School benchmarks

Alabama middle enrollment

8th percentile

Compared with 262 same-level schools reporting enrollment.

District median enrollment

206

Empower Community School Upper Campus: 211 reported students.

What the reported data says about Empower Community School Upper Campus

Empower Community School Upper Campus is a public middle school serving grades 04–08 in Bessemer. It is one of 2 current school records connected to Empower Schools of Alabama. NCES reports 211 students for 2024–25.

Among 262 middle schools in Alabama with comparable records, this school is smaller than the reported median of 449.5 students. Its enrollment is at approximately the 8th percentile for that peer group. Size describes the campus, not instructional quality.

The largest reported race and ethnicity groups are Black (77.7%) and Hispanic or Latino (20.4%). These figures help families understand who the school serves; they are not rating inputs.

Questions worth asking Empower Community School Upper Campus

  1. 1What are the current typical and maximum class sizes in each grade?
  2. 2Which advanced, gifted, career, arts, and computer-science courses are available this year, and how do students qualify?
  3. 3How many counselors, nurses, psychologists, and social workers currently serve students?
  4. 4What meal assistance, transportation, after-school, and family-support services are currently available?
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Enrollment needs

Free/reduced-price lunch
76.3%
Lunch program
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

  • White0.5%
  • Hispanic20.4%
  • Black77.7%
  • Asian0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0%
  • Multiracial1.4%

Race/ethnicity: NCES CCD 2024–25. English learner and disability context: CRDC 2021–22. Lunch eligibility: NCES CCD 2024–25. Privacy rules can produce missing values.

Other schools in Empower Schools of Alabama

Start with campuses at the same school level or with similar reported enrollment.

Empower Community SchoolLower School

Elementary · Grades KG–03

201 reported students

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