Columbia Middle School

Columbia Middle School, a moderately sized middle school in Grovetown, Georgia, one of the schools within Columbia County, caters to 903 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within Columbia County, which oversees 31 schools and 28,964 students, Columbia Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Columbia Middle School reports that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Columbia Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Across the wider county, Columbia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,592 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Columbia Middle School is one of 32 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 29,518 students).

Grovetown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Columbia Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia Middle School has contracted 5%, going from 950 students in 2018 to 903 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 53% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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