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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Appling County Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
759
Middle
DISTRICT 683 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·APPLING COUNTY·NCES 130006000009
Appling County Middle School
2997 Blackshear Hwy, Baxley, GA 31513 · (912) 367-8630 · Appling County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL759 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Georgia public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
759 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 252 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 281 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 30% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Appling County Middle School→Appling County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Appling County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
37.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.4pp since 2021
Math
49.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.4% | 49.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 43.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.7% | 38.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 36.6% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Appling County Middle School
Appling County Middle School's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County Middle School this school | 759 | 100.0% | 40.2% |
| Lowndes Middle School Valdosta | 818 | 100.0% | 47.9% |
| Jeff Davis Middle School Hazlehurst | 675 | 100.0% | 44.3% |
| Toombs County Middle School Lyons | 681 | 100.0% | 24.9% |
| Eighth Street Middle School Tifton | 883 | 100.0% | 41.4% |
| Putnam County Middle School Eatonton | 630 | 100.0% | 42.7% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Appling County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #202 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #157 of 474 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #208 of 474 ▲ 62 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #103 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 759 | #223 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #44 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #149 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #255 of 305 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
759
-64 (-8%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 759 | 64 | 11.9:1 | 100% (759) |
| 2023-24 | 740 | 64.8 | 11.4:1 | 83% (615) |
| 2022-23 | 713 | 62.3 | 11.4:1 | 80% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 823 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 90% (744) |
| 2017-18 | 784 | 53.4 | 14.7:1 | 90% (709) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 52 | 14.5:1 | 71% (537) |
| 2010-11 | 775 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 63% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 705 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 60% (421) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 36 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Appling County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (784 to 759); teachers up 20% (53.4 to 64).
About Appling County Middle School
Appling County Middle School is a middle school in Baxley, Georgia, reachable at (912) 367-8630. The latest federal count shows 759 students in grades 6 through 8.
Appling County enrolls 3,414 students, and its 5 schools include Appling County Middle School.
By race and ethnicity, Appling County Middle School is 53% White. The school is also 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is lower than the 69% White share among all Appling County residents. By the diversity index, Appling County Middle School comes in at 62%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.9:1, with 64 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 14.1:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Appling County Middle School is 100%. That is close to the 99% average for public schools in Appling County.
The allk12 Grade for Appling County Middle School is A-. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 78% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Appling County Middle School, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 40.2%.
Appling County has these Census figures: median household income is about $46,651, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 11% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. The public schools of Appling County number 5 and enroll about 3,414.
Appling County Elementary School is the closest public school, about 2.3 miles away in a straight line. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Appling County Middle School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 8%, from 823 to 759. The school's ratio fell from 14.2:1 to 11.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Appling County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,493
Census ACS
Median income
$46,651
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
3,414 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Appling County
- Appling County Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,113 students
- Appling County High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Altamaha Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Fourth District Elementary SchoolElementary · 148 students
Other schools in Baxley
- Appling County Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,113 students
- Appling County High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Altamaha Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Appling County Elementary School2.3 mi · 1,113
- Appling County High School2.6 mi · 1,013
- Fourth District Elementary School10.6 mi · 148
- Altamaha Elementary School10.6 mi · 381
- Bacon County Primary School14.0 mi · 551
- Bacon County Elementary School14.5 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Appling County Middle SchoolHow many students attend Appling County Middle School?
Appling County Middle School enrolls approximately 759 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Appling County Middle School serve?
Appling County Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Appling County Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Appling County Middle School is approximately 11.9:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Appling County Middle School?
Student demographics at Appling County Middle School are roughly 53% White, 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Appling County Middle School in?
Appling County Middle School is part of Appling County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.