Baker Middle School

Baker Middle School is one of the intimate intermediate schools in Columbus, Georgia, overseen by Muscogee County, with 631 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Baker Middle School is one of 54 schools operated by Muscogee County, a district that teaches 30,091 students overall.

Demographically, Baker Middle School shows that Black students make up the majority at 77%; the rest is composed of 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Baker Middle School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Baker Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

After controlling for student poverty, Baker Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 25.7%; this one comes in at 4.7%, -21.0 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Muscogee County) logs that median household income runs about $58,073, 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), Baker Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dorothy Height Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Baker Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Baker Middle School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 11.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Baker Middle School has ticked up 25%, going from 503 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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