East Jackson Middle School

East Jackson Middle School is one of the close-knit intermediate schools in Commerce, Georgia, operated by Jackson County, with 536 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 763.

East Jackson Middle School is one of 12 schools operated by Jackson County, a district that serves 11,160 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Jackson Middle School records that White students make up the majority at 66%; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, East Jackson Middle School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 69% of students at East Jackson Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Jackson County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Jackson Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 39.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $89,544, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,354 students), of which East Jackson Middle School is one.

East Jackson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Jackson Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.2%.

East Jackson Middle School operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Jackson Middle School has edged down 5%, going from 564 students in 2018 to 536 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 16% to 21% over that span.

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