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Enrollment
793
Middle
DISTRICT 696 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DECATUR COUNTY·NCES 130171000614
Bainbridge Middle School
1301 E College St, Bainbridge, GA 39819 · (229) 248-2206 · Decatur County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL793 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Georgia public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
12.2:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
793 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 263 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 273 | 34% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Bainbridge Middle School→Bainbridge High School
Based on grade levels within Decatur County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.4pp since 2021
Math
28.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.6% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.4% | 23.4% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Bainbridge Middle School
Bainbridge Middle School's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Middle School this school | 793 | 100.0% | 32.6% |
| Warner Robins Middle School Warner Robins | 781 | 100.0% | 38.2% |
| Indian Creek Middle School Covington | 843 | 99.3% | 16.5% |
| Callaway Middle School LaGrange | 656 | 100.0% | 31.1% |
| Gardner-Newman Middle School LaGrange | 963 | 98.5% | 34.8% |
| Crisp County Middle School Cordele | 714 | 100.0% | 17.7% |
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 Bainbridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #288 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #329 of 474 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #279 of 474 ▲ 54 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #275 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 793 | #204 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #60 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #138 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #46 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.0% | #60 of 144 |
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
793
+123 (+18%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 793 | 64.9 | 12.2:1 | 100% (793) |
| 2023-24 | 881 | 65.5 | 13.4:1 | 84% (742) |
| 2022-23 | 919 | 63.4 | 14.5:1 | 100% (919) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 100% (670) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 46.6 | 15.2:1 | 100% (705) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 100% (732) |
| 2010-11 | 810 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 80% (648) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 65% (452) |
| 1990-91 | 635 | 41 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bainbridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (708 to 793); teachers up 39% (46.6 to 64.9).
About Bainbridge Middle School
Bainbridge Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school serving families in Bainbridge, Georgia. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 793 students.
Decatur County serves 4,178 students across 6 schools.
At Bainbridge Middle School, Black students make up 51% of the student body. After that, the student body is 30% White, 15% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Decatur County is about 42% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 64.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.2:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Decatur County average 100%.
The allk12 Grade for Bainbridge Middle School is B-. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bainbridge Middle School is 6.9 points above its prediction. Actual: 32.6%. Predicted: 25.7%.
Federal survey data for Decatur County show that the median household income is $53,317, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 7 public schools in Decatur County, enrolling about 4,652 students in all.
The shortest distance from Bainbridge Middle School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to New Beginning Learning Center. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Bainbridge Middle School ranks 4th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Federal data place Bainbridge Middle School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal data show an 18% enrollment rise, from 670 in 2020-21 to 793 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2020-21 to 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Bainbridge Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Decatur County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,195
Census ACS
Median income
$53,317
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
4,652 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Decatur County
- Bainbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,192 students
- Hutto Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Jones-Wheat Primary SchoolElementary · 664 students
- West Bainbridge Primary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- New Beginning Learning CenterHigh · 183 students
Other schools in Bainbridge
- Bainbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,192 students
- Hutto Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Jones-Wheat Primary SchoolElementary · 664 students
- West Bainbridge Primary SchoolElementary · 556 students
- Spring Creek Charter AcademyCombined · 474 students
- New Beginning Learning CenterHigh · 183 students
Nearby schools
- New Beginning Learning Center0.0 mi · 183
- Jones-Wheat Primary School0.5 mi · 664
- Hutto Elementary School0.8 mi · 790
- Spring Creek Charter Academy2.7 mi · 474
- West Bainbridge Primary School4.2 mi · 556
- Bainbridge High School4.5 mi · 1,192
Frequently asked questions
About Bainbridge Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bainbridge Middle School?
Bainbridge Middle School enrolls approximately 793 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bainbridge Middle School serve?
Bainbridge Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Bainbridge Middle School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Bainbridge Middle School.
How diverse is Bainbridge Middle School?
Bainbridge Middle School reports a student body of 30% White, 15% Hispanic, 51% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Bainbridge Middle School?
Bainbridge Middle School is overseen by Decatur County in Decatur County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.