Clements Middle School

Clements Middle School, a moderately sized middle-grades school in Covington, Georgia, part of Newton County, serves 705 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 22 schools in Newton County (18,672 students total), Clements Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Clements Middle School logs that 80% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Clements Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Newton County's rate of about 92%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clements Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Newton County) shows that median household earnings sit near $77,179, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Newton County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,672 students), of which Clements Middle School is one.

Fairview Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clements Middle School. On composite proficiency, Clements Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 22.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Clements Middle School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 794 (now 705).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.