Cowan Road Middle School

Cowan Road Middle School is a small 6-8 campus in Griffin, Georgia, part of Griffin-Spalding County. The school teaches 530 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 763.

Cowan Road Middle School is one of 18 schools operated by Griffin-Spalding County, a district that enrolls 9,350 students overall.

On demographics, Cowan Road Middle School records that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Spalding County's rate of about 92%.

With demographic context factored in, Cowan Road Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Spalding County shows median household earnings sit near $62,071, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Spalding County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,350 students), of which Cowan Road Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Cowan Road Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cowan Road Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 17.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cowan Road Middle School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 575 (now 530). Over the same period, the White share declined from 31% to 16%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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