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Enrollment
478
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387001376
Blackmon Road Middle School
7251 Blackmon Rd, Columbus, GA 31909 · (706) 565-2998 · Muscogee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Georgia public middle schools
- B+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.
- FThree-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
10.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
376 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 | 149 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%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
43.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -9.8pp since 2021
Math
41.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.1% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 41.3% |
| 2022-23 | 42.5% | 38.2% |
| 2021-22 | 52.9% | 46.4% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Blackmon Road Middle School
Blackmon Road Middle School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackmon Road Middle School this school | 478 | 78.7% | 44.3% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School Columbus | 681 | 75.9% | 34.4% |
| William James Middle School Statesboro | 536 | 86.4% | 38.9% |
| Clarke Middle School Athens | 718 | 83.8% | 38.1% |
| Byron Middle School Byron | 452 | 84.7% | 38.4% |
| Southwest Middle School Savannah | 528 | 80.9% | 15.6% |
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 Blackmon Road Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #163 of 470 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #215 of 474 ▼ 20 | #3 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #153 of 474 ▲ 1 | #3 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.4pp | #5 of 465 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #390 of 487 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #10 of 471 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #32 of 471 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #256 of 479 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #26 of 305 | #2 of 8 |
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
478
-165 (-26%) vs 2020
-39% since 2000-01, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 478 | 46.2 | 10.3:1 | 79% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 44.7 | 11.9:1 | 63% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 566 | 40.3 | 14.0:1 | 49% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 35% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 642 | 38.1 | 16.9:1 | 39% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 34% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 827 | 57 | 14.5:1 | 30% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 783 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 21% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blackmon Road Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (642 to 478); teachers up 21% (38.1 to 46.2).
About Blackmon Road Middle School
Blackmon Road Middle School is a public middle school run by Muscogee County in Columbus, Georgia. The school's 478 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 37% lower than the average for middle schools in Georgia, which is about 763.
Blackmon Road Middle School belongs to Muscogee County, a district of 54 schools and 30,091 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Blackmon Road Middle School, at 42%. Other groups include 30% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Blackmon Road Middle School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Blackmon Road Middle School, 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.3:1. On average, middle schools in Georgia have 14.1:1, compared with 10.3:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 79% of enrollment.
Blackmon Road Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 60% of Georgia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Blackmon Road Middle School is 36.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.3%.
Within Muscogee County, the median household income is $58,073, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Blackmon Road Middle School, Muscogee County has 56 other public schools.
Eagle Ridge Academy is the public school closest to Blackmon Road Middle School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 37.3% on proficiency, and Blackmon Road Middle School is above that at 44.3%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
The school enrolled 478 students in 2024-25, 165 fewer than the 643 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.3:1) than in 2020-21 (15.7:1).
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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
Nearby schools
- Eagle Ridge Academy0.9 mi · 658
- Shaw High School1.0 mi · 1,162
- Midland Middle School1.7 mi · 455
- Midland Academy1.9 mi · 622
- Waddell Elementary School2.0 mi · 520
- Blanchard Elementary School2.4 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Blackmon Road Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blackmon Road Middle School?
Blackmon Road Middle School enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Blackmon Road Middle School serve?
Blackmon Road Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blackmon Road Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blackmon Road Middle School is approximately 10.3:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blackmon Road Middle School?
At Blackmon Road Middle School, the student body is approximately 30% White, 13% Hispanic, 42% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Blackmon Road Middle School in?
Blackmon Road Middle School is part of Muscogee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.