Claxton Middle School

Claxton Middle School operates as a tight-knit middle school in Claxton, Georgia, operated by Evans County. Current enrollment sits at 385 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Claxton Middle School sits 50% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Evans County, which oversees 4 schools and 1,742 students, Claxton Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Claxton Middle School lists that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 29% White, 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Claxton Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 25.7%; Claxton Middle School posts 10.8%, -14.9 points below that line.

In the area at large, Evans County reports that median household income runs about $53,259, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Evans County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,752 students), of which Claxton Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Claxton High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Claxton Middle School. On composite proficiency, Claxton Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 27.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 425 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 39% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

On this page, members of the Claxton Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.