Effingham County Middle School

Effingham County Middle School is a junior high of sizable scale in Guyton, Georgia, overseen by Effingham County, instructing 1,150 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 51% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Effingham County comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 14,560 students; Effingham County Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Effingham County Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest comes out to 21% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Effingham County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Effingham County Middle School has 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Effingham County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Effingham County Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.6%.

In the surrounding community, Effingham County reports that the typical household earns roughly $88,438 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Effingham County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,560 students), Effingham County Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Effingham County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Effingham County Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Effingham County Middle School has ticked up 35%, going from 853 students in 2018 to 1,150 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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