Montgomery is the capitol city of the
State of Alabama. It is the second
largest populated city and county in the state.
Montgomery Public Schools (MPS) cover the entire county of 785 square
miles with 232,000 people living in urban, suburban, and rural areas. MPS is the third largest employer in
Montgomery County and the third largest school system in the state.
The school system has an enrollment of
more than 30,840 students representing nearly seventy percent of the school-age
children in the city and county. Of the
students residing in Montgomery County, seventy eight percent are African
American, thirteen percent are Caucasian, four percent are Hispanic, three
percent are Asian, and two percent identify themselves with other
ethnicities. According to the U.S.
Census, Montgomery County’s median household was slightly above the state
average of $44,587. At least twenty
percent of the families in the county are living below the federal poverty. Prior
to the implementation of the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) of the
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act provided during the 2014-2015 school year, nearly
seventy-three percent of MPS were receiving either free or reduced lunches.
Currently, students and staff attend
classes in fifty-four separate school buildings, thirty-four elementary
schools, eleven middle schools, and nine high schools. Ten schools are identified as magnet schools,
two are alternative schools, and one is for students who are severely
cognitively and physically impaired. The
system also operates an Arboretum, an outdoor classroom, a Pre-Kindergarten
Center, and serves school-aged children who are incarcerated in the Montgomery
County Youth Facility (Public Schools K-12, 2015; Montgomery Public Schools,
2015).
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