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What's one thing Clements Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
705
Middle
DISTRICT 728 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON COUNTY·NCES 130393003869
Clements Middle School
66 Jack Neely Rd, Covington, GA 30016 · (770) 784-2934 · Newton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
705 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 226 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 230 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 249 | 35% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
20.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.1pp since 2021
Math
16.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.6% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.1% | 8.6% |
| 2021-22 | 21.1% | 11.9% |
% 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
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Clements Middle School
Clements Middle School's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clements Middle School this school | 705 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
| Newbern Middle School Valdosta | 725 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Camp Creek Middle School Atlanta | 748 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| McNair Middle School Decatur | 701 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
| Glenn Hills Middle School Augusta | 706 | 100.0% | 5.3% |
| Stephenson Middle School Stone Mountain | 788 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
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 Clements Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #400 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #417 of 474 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #406 of 474 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #326 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #265 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #333 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #383 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #112 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #139 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
705
-157 (-18%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 701
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 705 | 46.3 | 15.2:1 | 100% (705) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 46.3 | 15.8:1 | 84% (616) |
| 2022-23 | 754 | 40.3 | 18.7:1 | 85% (641) |
| 2020-21 | 862 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 74% (634) |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 49.7 | 16.0:1 | 84% (667) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 85% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 80% (563) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clements Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (794 to 705); teachers down 7% (49.7 to 46.3).
About Clements Middle School
Clements Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Covington, Georgia, under Newton County. It has an enrollment of 705 students in grades 6 through 8.
Clements Middle School is a school in Newton County. The district has 22 schools and 18,672 students.
Black students account for 80% of the school's enrollment. It is also 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Newton County's residents are about 48% Black, 32 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Clements Middle School are from different groups.
Clements Middle School reported 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.2:1. Middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1, 1.1 fewer students per teacher than here. There are 705 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. Public schools in Newton County average 92%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Clements Middle School would be expected to post about 25.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.4%.
The county, Newton County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $77,179, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 22, with about 18,672 students.
Clements Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Fairview Elementary, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Clements Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Clements Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 18% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 16.3 in 2020-21 to 15.2 in 2024-25.
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Newton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,152
Census ACS
Median income
$77,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
18,672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton County
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- Alcovy High SchoolHigh · 1,968 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Newton County Theme School at FicquettElementary · 1,095 students
- Live Oak ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Other schools in Covington
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- Alcovy High SchoolHigh · 1,968 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Newton County Theme School at FicquettElementary · 1,095 students
- Live Oak ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Fairview Elementary0.2 mi · 591
- Newton High School1.0 mi · 2,499
- Live Oak Elementary1.2 mi · 936
- Porterdale Elementary School2.7 mi · 405
- Peek's Chapel Elementary2.8 mi · 591
- Liberty Middle School3.0 mi · 894
Frequently asked questions
About Clements Middle SchoolHow many students attend Clements Middle School?
Clements Middle School enrolls approximately 705 students in grades 06-08.
Is Clements Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clements Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Clements Middle School have?
Clements Middle School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Clements Middle School?
Clements Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 12% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Clements Middle School?
Clements Middle School is overseen by Newton County in Newton County.
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