Ebenezer Middle School

Ebenezer Middle School is one of the mid-tier middle-grades schools in Rincon, Georgia, operated by Effingham County, with 1,039 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Ebenezer Middle School sits 36% above that benchmark.

Effingham County runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 14,560 students. Ebenezer Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Ebenezer Middle School logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 19% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Effingham County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ebenezer Middle School logs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Ebenezer Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Ebenezer Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.3%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Effingham County shows median household earnings sit near $88,438, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Effingham County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,560 students), of which Ebenezer Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ebenezer Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ebenezer Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ebenezer Middle School has rose 19%, going from 874 students in 2018 to 1,039 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 58% across the same window.

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