Bainbridge Middle School

Bainbridge Middle School operates as a mid-tier middle school in Bainbridge, Georgia, overseen by Decatur County. Current enrollment sits at 793 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within Decatur County, which oversees 6 schools and 4,178 students, Bainbridge Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Bainbridge Middle School records that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Bainbridge Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Bainbridge Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 32.6%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Decatur County) shows that median household earnings sit near $53,317, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. In all, Decatur County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,652 students), of which Bainbridge Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is New Beginning Learning Center, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bainbridge Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Bainbridge Middle School's enrollment has edged up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 708 (now 793). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 39% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.