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Alumni: what's one memory from Eighth Street Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
883
Middle
DISTRICT 808 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIFT COUNTY·NCES 130498002283
Eighth Street Middle School
700 8th St W, Tifton, GA 31794 · (229) 387-2445 · Tift County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of Georgia public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.9:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
883 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 296 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 311 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 31% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Eighth Street Middle School→Tift County High School
Based on grade levels within Tift County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
33.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.0pp since 2021
Math
45.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +18.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 45.2% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 37.5% |
| 2022-23 | 33.1% | 38.5% |
| 2021-22 | 25.7% | 26.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Eighth Street Middle School
Eighth Street Middle School's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eighth Street Middle School this school | 883 | 100.0% | 41.4% |
| Jane Macon Middle Brunswick | 801 | 100.0% | 41.3% |
| Northeast Middle School Tifton | 733 | 100.0% | 33.7% |
| Lowndes Middle School Valdosta | 818 | 100.0% | 47.9% |
| Putnam County Middle School Eatonton | 630 | 100.0% | 42.7% |
| Elbert County Middle School Elberton | 650 | 100.0% | 28.6% |
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 Eighth Street Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #191 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #192 of 474 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #255 of 474 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.2pp | #17 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #153 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #233 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #80 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #137 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #55 of 305 |
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
883
-91 (-9%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 1,085
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 883 | 63.5 | 13.9:1 | 100% (883) |
| 2023-24 | 925 | 66.3 | 13.9:1 | 90% (834) |
| 2022-23 | 958 | 65.8 | 14.6:1 | 100% (958) |
| 2020-21 | 974 | 65 | 15.0:1 | 43% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 1,112 | 71.1 | 15.6:1 | 96% (1,073) |
| 2015-16 | 1,157 | 77 | 15.0:1 | 95% (1,096) |
| 2010-11 | 1,255 | 75 | 16.7:1 | 61% (770) |
| 2000-01 | 1,085 | 68 | 16.0:1 | 51% (556) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eighth Street Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,112 to 883); teachers down 11% (71.1 to 63.5).
About Eighth Street Middle School
Located in Tifton, Georgia, Eighth Street Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. It teaches 883 students in grades 6 through 8.
Eighth Street Middle School falls under Tift County, which has 11 schools enrolling 7,471 students.
About 44% of students at Eighth Street Middle School are White, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Black, 18% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 57%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Eighth Street Middle School reported 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.9:1. It is about the same as the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Roughly 100% of students at Eighth Street Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 97% average for public schools in Tift County.
Eighth Street Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of Georgia public middle schools.
Eighth Street Middle School outperforms its prediction by 15.7 points. The model expects 25.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Georgia; the school's rate is 41.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Tift County show that median household income comes to about $53,255, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 7,471 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Eighth Street Middle School from the closest public school, Len Lastinger Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Eighth Street Middle School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Eighth Street Middle School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
The school's student count decreased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 15.0:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Eighth Street Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Tift County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,438
Census ACS
Median income
$53,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
7,471 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tift County
- Tift County High SchoolHigh · 2,207 students
- Annie Belle Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- G. O. Bailey Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Len Lastinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Charles Spencer Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Other schools in Tifton
- Tift County High SchoolHigh · 2,207 students
- Annie Belle Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- G. O. Bailey Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Len Lastinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Charles Spencer Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Len Lastinger Elementary School0.7 mi · 448
- Matt Wilson Elementary School1.3 mi · 398
- Northside Elementary School1.4 mi · 405
- Northeast Middle School1.7 mi · 733
- Annie Belle Clark Elementary School1.7 mi · 785
- J. T. Reddick Elementary School1.8 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Eighth Street Middle SchoolHow many students attend Eighth Street Middle School?
Eighth Street Middle School enrolls approximately 883 students in grades 06-08.
Is Eighth Street Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eighth Street Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Eighth Street Middle School have?
Eighth Street Middle School employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Eighth Street Middle School?
Student demographics at Eighth Street Middle School are roughly 44% White, 18% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Eighth Street Middle School public or private?
Eighth Street Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tift County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.