Enrollment
385
Middle
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANS COUNTY·NCES 130207000911
Claxton Middle School
600 Hendrix St, Claxton, GA 30417 · (912) 739-3646 · Evans County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Georgia public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
13.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
385 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 128 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 29% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Claxton Middle School→Claxton High School
Based on grade levels within Evans County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
13.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.1pp since 2021
Math
6.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023-24 | 17.2% | 8.5% |
| 2022-23 | 12.3% | 5.6% |
| 2021-22 | 15.4% | 9.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Claxton Middle School
Claxton Middle School's state test result (10.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claxton Middle School this school | 385 | 100.0% | 10.8% |
| North Tattnall Middle School Reidsville | 431 | 100.0% | 34.7% |
| Arnold Middle School Columbus | 582 | 100.0% | 17.7% |
| Metter Middle School Metter | 500 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| Brooks County Middle School Quitman | 489 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
| Putnam County Middle School Eatonton | 630 | 100.0% | 42.7% |
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 Claxton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #455 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.8% | #466 of 474 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #455 of 474 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #36 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #421 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #166 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #29 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #71 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #163 of 305 |
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
385
-56 (-13%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 385 | 28.7 | 13.4:1 | 100% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 27.1 | 14.2:1 | 92% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 29.2 | 13.0:1 | 97% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 97% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 100% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 99% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 81% (269) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 72% (369) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 28 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Claxton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (425 to 385); teachers up 6% (27 to 28.7).
About Claxton Middle School
Claxton Middle School is a public middle school run by Evans County in Claxton, Georgia. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 385 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Georgia) has about 763 students.
Claxton Middle School is a school in Evans County. The district has 4 schools and 1,742 students.
The most common group at Claxton Middle School is Black students, at 36%. It is also 29% White, 27% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Evans County's residents are about 28% Black, 8 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 28.7 full-time equivalents, or about 13.4 students per teacher. That matches the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia fairly closely. About 100% of students, or 385, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Evans County.
allk12 grades Claxton Middle School an F. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 10.8%, is 14.9 points below the 25.7% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Evans County, the median household income is $53,259, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. In all, Evans County has 5 public schools and roughly 1,752 students.
Claxton High School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Claxton Middle School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Claxton Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 56 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.4:1) than in 2020-21 (18.4:1).
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Evans County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,757
Census ACS
Median income
$53,259
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,752 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evans County
- Claxton Elementary SchoolElementary · 831 students
- Claxton High SchoolHigh · 471 students
- Second ChanceHigh · 55 students
Other schools in Claxton
- Claxton Elementary SchoolElementary · 831 students
- Claxton High SchoolHigh · 471 students
- Second ChanceHigh · 55 students
- Claxton Regional Youth Detention CenterHigh · 10 students
Nearby schools
- Claxton High School0.0 mi · 471
- Claxton Elementary School0.3 mi · 831
- Second Chance0.9 mi · 55
- Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center2.6 mi · 10
- Tattnall County High School11.3 mi · 1,043
- Nevils Elementary School11.9 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Claxton Middle SchoolHow large is Claxton Middle School?
Claxton Middle School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades 06-08.
Is Claxton Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Claxton Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Claxton Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Claxton Middle School is approximately 13.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Claxton Middle School?
Student demographics at Claxton Middle School are roughly 29% White, 27% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Claxton Middle School in?
Claxton Middle School is part of Evans County.
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