Aaron Cohn Middle School

Set in Midland, Georgia, Aaron Cohn Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school, overseen by Muscogee County. It caters to 525 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 31% smaller than typical.

Muscogee County runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 30,091 students. Aaron Cohn Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Aaron Cohn Middle School records that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 33% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Aaron Cohn Middle School logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Muscogee County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Aaron Cohn Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 47.3%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Muscogee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Muscogee County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), Aaron Cohn Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Mathews Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Aaron Cohn Middle School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Aaron Cohn Middle School has decreased 7%, going from 567 students in 2018 to 525 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 33% across the same window.

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