Eighth Street Middle School

Eighth Street Middle School operates as a reasonably sized intermediate school in Tifton, Georgia, part of Tift County. Current enrollment sits at 883 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Tift County runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 7,471 students. Eighth Street Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Eighth Street Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 34% Black, 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, The school employs 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Eighth Street Middle School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.7%; actual is 41.4%, +15.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tift County put median household earnings sit near $53,255, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Eighth Street Middle School is one of 11 public schools in Tift County (combined enrollment of about 7,471 students).

Nearest neighbor: Len Lastinger Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eighth Street Middle School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

Eighth Street Middle School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Eighth Street Middle School's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,112 (now 883). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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