J. F. Drake Middle School is a public middle school in Auburn, Alabama, United States. The school enrolls 1140 students in grades six and seven in the Auburn City School District. From 1957 until its closing and merger into Auburn High School in 1970, the school was J. F. Drake High School, serving the African American population of Auburn and the surrounding area prior to integration. J. F. Drake Middle School is named for Joseph Fanning Drake, an Auburn native who served as president of Alabama A&M University from 1927 through 1962, and who is generally credited with the conversion of that college from a junior college into a comprehensive university.
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