Appling Middle School

As an average-sized middle-grades school in Macon, Georgia, Appling Middle School works with 677 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Bibb County.

Bibb County runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 21,334 students. Appling Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Appling Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, On paper, Appling Middle School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bibb County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Appling Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.3%; actual is 10.8%, a gap of -28.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bibb County indicate median household earnings sit near $51,234, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. In all, Bibb County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students), of which Appling Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northeast High School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Appling Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Appling Middle School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Appling Middle School's enrollment has climbed 21% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 677). Black enrollment moved from 95% to 91% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.