Edwards Middle School

Set in Conyers, Georgia, Edwards Middle School is a mid-tier intermediate school, overseen by Rockdale County. It hosts 934 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 763.

Rockdale County runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 15,342 students. Edwards Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Edwards Middle School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Rockdale County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Edwards Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.4%; this one delivers 31.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Rockdale County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,247 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Rockdale County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,355 students), of which Edwards Middle School is one.

Heritage High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edwards Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Edwards Middle School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 24.9%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 968 students in 2018 compared to 934 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 27% to 33% over that span.

On this page, members of the Edwards Middle School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.