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Enrollment
631
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387002420
Baker Middle School
1215 Benning Dr, Columbus, GA 31903 · (706) 683-8721 · Muscogee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL631 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
631 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 223 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 197 | 31% |
Student demographics
38%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
8.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.0pp since 2021
Math
3.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.5% | 3.0% |
| 2023-24 | 8.6% | 2.9% |
| 2022-23 | 7.4% | 1.9% |
| 2021-22 | 7.6% | 2.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 5% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Baker Middle School
Baker Middle School's state test result (4.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Middle School this school | 631 | 100.0% | 4.7% |
| Sumter County Intermediate School Americus | 711 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| Sumter County Middle School Americus | 549 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| Mundys Mill Middle School Jonesboro | 687 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Clements Middle School Covington | 705 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
| Redan Middle School Lithonia | 623 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
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 Baker Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.7% | #470 of 470 | #12 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.0% | #474 of 474 ▼ 2 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #472 of 474 ▲ 1 | #12 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 631 | #305 of 487 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #365 of 471 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.7% | #371 of 471 | #10 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #109 of 479 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #24 of 144 | N/A |
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
631
+54 (+9%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 631 | 40.4 | 15.6:1 | 100% (631) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 41.2 | 13.3:1 | 100% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 36.1 | 16.3:1 | 97% (568) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 33 | 17.5:1 | 97% (557) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 36.2 | 13.9:1 | 94% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 99% (563) |
| 2010-11 | 273 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 91% (248) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 93% (570) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baker Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (503 to 631); teachers up 12% (36.2 to 40.4).
About Baker Middle School
Columbus, Georgia, is home to Baker Middle School, a small middle-grades school. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 631 students in 2024-25.
Baker Middle School is one school in a 54-school district, Muscogee County, which enrolls 30,091 students.
More than half of enrollment at Baker Middle School is Black: 77%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. The county population is about 47% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Baker Middle School scores 38%.
Based on 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Baker Middle School has a ratio of 15.6:1. The gap from the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia is 1.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. The average for public schools in Muscogee County is 86%.
Baker Middle School falls short of its prediction by 21.0 points. The model expects 25.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Georgia; the school's rate is 4.7%.
In the wider Muscogee County area, median household income comes to about $58,073, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Muscogee County's 57 public schools enroll about 30,110 students and include Baker Middle School.
Baker Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Dorothy Height Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Baker Middle School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 4.7% against a local average of 11.5%.
Under the NCES locale system, Baker Middle School is City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 577 to 631, a 9% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.5:1 to 15.6:1.
The Baker Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Muscogee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,711
Census ACS
Median income
$58,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
30,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muscogee County
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Hardaway High SchoolHigh · 1,067 students
- Jordan Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,040 students
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
Other schools in Columbus
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Hardaway High SchoolHigh · 1,067 students
- Jordan Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,040 students
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
Other Baker Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Baker Middle. Baker Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Baker Middle SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 937 students
- Baker Middle SchoolTacoma, WA · 687 students
- Baker Middle SchoolTROY, MI · 629 students
- Baker Middle SchoolKayenta, AZ · 447 students
- Baker Middle SchoolBaker City, OR · 226 students
Nearby schools
- Dorothy Height Elementary School0.2 mi · 419
- Spencer High School0.5 mi · 1,016
- South Columbus Elementary School0.9 mi · 326
- Eddy Middle School1.0 mi · 448
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School1.1 mi · 487
- St. Marys Video and Communication Technology1.8 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About Baker Middle SchoolHow large is Baker Middle School?
Baker Middle School enrolls approximately 631 students in grades 06-08.
Is Baker Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Baker Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Baker Middle School have?
Baker Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Baker Middle School?
Baker Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 16% Hispanic, 77% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Baker Middle School?
Baker Middle School is overseen by Muscogee County in Muscogee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.