Brooks County Middle School

As a tight-knit middle school in Quitman, Georgia, Brooks County Middle School hosts 489 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Brooks County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Brooks County Middle School sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Brooks County, which oversees 6 schools and 2,179 students, Brooks County Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Brooks County Middle School records that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 29% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Brooks County Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Brooks County) logs that median household earnings sit near $46,807, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. In all, Brooks County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,179 students), of which Brooks County Middle School is one.

Quitman Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Brooks County Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Brooks County Middle School's enrollment has grew 17% since 2018, when it stood at 418 (now 489). The White share of enrollment declined from 35% to 29% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.