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Brantley County Middle School
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Brantley County Middle School
Brantley County Middle School, a cozy 6-8 campus in Nahunta, Georgia, part of Brantley County, enrolls 493 students, covering grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Brantley County Middle School sits 35% below that benchmark.
Within Brantley County, which oversees 7 schools and 3,375 students, Brantley County Middle School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Brantley County Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Brantley County Middle School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brantley County Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 28.2%; this one delivers 45.7%, a residual of +17.5 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Brantley County) shows that median household income runs about $58,239, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Brantley County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,375 students), of which Brantley County Middle School is one.
Brantley County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Brantley County Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 54.9%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Over the past 7-year window. Brantley County Middle School's enrollment has grew 4% since 2018, when it stood at 476 (now 493).
Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Brantley County at a glance
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- Brantley County High SchoolHigh · 921 students
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- Nahunta Elementary School2.4 mi · 260
- Nahunta Primary School2.5 mi · 440
- Hoboken Elementary School6.2 mi · 551
- Atkinson Elementary School12.0 mi · 276
- Waynesville Primary School14.0 mi · 434