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Enrollment
1,364
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123004022
Eddie White Middle School
11808 Panhandle Rd, Hampton, GA 30228 · (770) 472-2441 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,364 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Georgia public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,364 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 411 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 481 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 472 | 35% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
21.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.9pp since 2021
Math
21.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.6% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 21.4% | 7.9% |
| 2021-22 | 18.7% | 9.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Eddie White Middle School
Eddie White Middle School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie White Middle School this school | 1,364 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| Bear Creek Middle School Fairburn | 971 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| Lithonia Middle School Lithonia | 1,062 | 100.0% | 13.0% |
| Renaissance Middle School Fairburn | 977 | 100.0% | 31.4% |
| M. D. Roberts Middle School Jonesboro | 894 | 100.0% | 29.5% |
| Liberty Middle School Covington | 894 | 100.0% | 21.6% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Eddie White Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #365 of 470 | #5 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #376 of 474 ▲ 23 | #5 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #390 of 474 ▲ 6 | #5 of 15 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #108 of 465 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,364 | #32 of 487 | #1 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #418 of 471 | #16 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #381 of 471 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #37 of 479 | #14 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #227 of 305 | #11 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,364
+574 (+73%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 1,417
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,364 | 82 | 16.6:1 | 100% (1,364) |
| 2023-24 | 1,359 | 81 | 16.8:1 | 82% (1,117) |
| 2022-23 | 1,438 | 85 | 16.9:1 | 91% (1,302) |
| 2020-21 | 790 | 41 | 19.3:1 | 93% (735) |
| 2017-18 | 1,439 | 87.5 | 16.4:1 | 100% (1,432) |
| 2015-16 | 1,398 | 76 | 18.4:1 | 99% (1,391) |
| 2010-11 | 1,417 | 81 | 17.5:1 | 77% (1,096) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eddie White Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (1,439 to 1,364); teachers down 6% (87.5 to 82).
About Eddie White Middle School
Eddie White Middle School is a large middle school located in Hampton, Georgia. Its enrollment is 1,364 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 763 students for middle schools in Georgia.
Clayton County is made up of 68 schools with 51,326 students in all.
The largest group at Eddie White Middle School is Black students, at 79%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Clayton County residents are about 69% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Eddie White Middle School scores 35%.
Its ratio of 16.6:1 is based on 82 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1, 2.5 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
Eddie White Middle School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of Georgia public middle schools.
Eddie White Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.8%, compared with a predicted 25.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Clayton County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $59,806, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. There are 73 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,156, Eddie White Middle School among them.
Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy sits less than a tenth of a mile from Eddie White Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Eddie White Middle School is 4th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, federal data counted 790 students at Eddie White Middle School; in 2024-25, 1,364. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.6:1) than in 2020-21 (19.3:1).
Eddie White Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Hampton High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Dutchtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Michelle Obama STEM Elementary AcademyElementary · 1,048 students
- Dutchtown Elementary SchoolElementary · 962 students
Nearby schools
- Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy0.0 mi · 1,048
- Lovejoy High School1.6 mi · 2,049
- Kemp Primary1.6 mi · 626
- Kemp Elementary School1.8 mi · 586
- River's Edge Elementary School1.8 mi · 652
- Hawthorne Elementary School2.2 mi · 813
Frequently asked questions
About Eddie White Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Eddie White Middle School?
Eddie White Middle School enrolls approximately 1,364 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Eddie White Middle School serve?
Eddie White Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eddie White Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eddie White Middle School is approximately 16.6:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Eddie White Middle School?
Student demographics at Eddie White Middle School are roughly 1% White, 14% Hispanic, 79% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Eddie White Middle School in?
Eddie White Middle School is part of Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.