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If you had an hour of school board time for Byron Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
452
Middle
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEACH COUNTY·NCES 130405001807
Byron Middle School
201 Linda Dr, Byron, GA 31008 · (478) 956-4999 · Peach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
383 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 140 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 169 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 32% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Byron Middle School→Peach County High School
Based on grade levels within Peach County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
40.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.7pp since 2021
Math
39.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 39.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.7% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.2% | 26.9% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Byron Middle School
Byron Middle School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Middle School this school | 452 | 84.7% | 38.4% |
| Screven County Middle School Sylvania | 452 | 81.0% | 36.4% |
| Risley Middle School Brunswick | 590 | 82.7% | 46.7% |
| William James Middle School Statesboro | 536 | 86.4% | 38.9% |
| Waycross Middle School Waycross | 606 | 90.8% | 36.0% |
| Oglethorpe County Middle School Crawford | 523 | 84.5% | 43.6% |
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 Byron Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #222 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #231 of 474 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #179 of 474 ▲ 92 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.2pp | #37 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #402 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #92 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #111 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #229 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.3% | #37 of 144 |
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
452
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+7% since 2000-01, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 452 | 35.7 | 12.7:1 | 85% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 33.9 | 13.9:1 | 58% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 31.7 | 14.2:1 | 82% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 27 | 16.8:1 | 75% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 25.7 | 14.8:1 | 88% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 88% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 51% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 35% (147) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Byron Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (379 to 452); teachers up 39% (25.7 to 35.7).
About Byron Middle School
Byron Middle School is a small middle school. Its address is in Byron, Georgia. It had 452 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 763 students for middle schools in Georgia.
Peach County has a total of 7 schools and 3,980 students, Byron Middle School among them.
The largest group at Byron Middle School is White students, at 44%. The remaining students are 38% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put Peach County at about 46% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Byron Middle School scores 65%.
Byron Middle School reported 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1. There are 383 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 85% of enrollment. That is lower than the 98% average for public schools in Peach County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Byron Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 38.4% actual against 33.6% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Peach County show that the median household earns about $71,293 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Peach County, 7 public schools serve about 3,980 students.
Byron Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.7%; Byron Middle School's is 38.4%, ranking 5th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 453 in 2020-21 and 452 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 16.8:1 to 12.7:1.
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Peach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,560
Census ACS
Median income
$71,293
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peach County
- Peach County High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Byron Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Kay Road ElementaryElementary · 512 students
- Fort Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 434 students
- Peach County Achievement AcademyHigh · 60 students
Other schools in Byron
- Byron Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Eagle Springs ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Kay Road ElementaryElementary · 512 students
Other Byron Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Byron Middle. Byron Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Byron Middle SchoolBYRON, MN · 577 students
- Byron Middle SchoolByron, IL · 366 students
Nearby schools
- Byron Elementary School0.2 mi · 706
- Kay Road Elementary2.3 mi · 512
- Eagle Springs Elementary2.8 mi · 665
- Thomson Middle School3.6 mi · 734
- Centerville Elementary School4.0 mi · 679
- Quail Run Elementary School4.7 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Byron Middle SchoolHow many students attend Byron Middle School?
Byron Middle School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades 06-08.
Is Byron Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Byron Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Byron Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Byron Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Byron Middle School?
At Byron Middle School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 11% Hispanic, 38% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Byron Middle School public or private?
Byron Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Peach County.
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