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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Gray Station Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
609
Middle
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JONES COUNTY·NCES 130315003424
Gray Station Middle School
324 Ga Highway 18 E, Gray, GA 31032 · (478) 986-2090 · Jones County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
224 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 182 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 226 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 33% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Gray Station Middle School→Jones County High School
Based on grade levels within Jones County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +11.6pp since 2021
Math
54.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +16.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 54.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 52.1% |
| 2022-23 | 45.1% | 40.6% |
| 2021-22 | 39.3% | 38.2% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Gray Station Middle School
Gray Station Middle School's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Station Middle School this school | 609 | 36.8% | 52.0% |
| Creekside School Cataula | 780 | 38.3% | 58.8% |
| Harris County Carver Middle School Hamilton | 849 | 39.2% | 62.5% |
| East Coweta Middle School Senoia | 845 | 38.3% | 41.6% |
| Pike County Middle School Zebulon | 777 | 43.2% | 44.8% |
| Temple Middle School Temple | 682 | 45.5% | 40.1% |
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 Gray Station Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #101 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #112 of 474 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #89 of 474 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.8pp | #11 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #321 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #149 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #347 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #423 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #148 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
609
-59 (-9%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 823
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 609 | 46.2 | 13.2:1 | 37% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 48.9 | 13.0:1 | 56% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 653 | 48.3 | 13.5:1 | 45% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 668 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 49% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 682 | 41.5 | 16.4:1 | 38% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 665 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 43% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 823 | 48 | 17.1:1 | 40% (327) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gray Station Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (682 to 609); teachers up 11% (41.5 to 46.2).
About Gray Station Middle School
Students in Gray, Georgia, attend Gray Station Middle School, a small middle-grades school. It has an enrollment of 609 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Georgia enroll around 763, and this school is 20% below that mark.
Jones County serves 5,004 students across 7 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Gray Station Middle School is White: 73%. Enrollment also includes 18% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. In Jones County overall, the White share is about 70%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
Gray Station Middle School has 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.2:1. Middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1, 0.9 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 37% at Gray Station Middle School.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.3% for Gray Station Middle School. The school posts 52.0%, 6.4 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Jones County, median household income comes to about $75,500, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 7, with about 5,004 students.
Among nearby public schools, Jones County High School is closest at about 0.3 miles. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Gray Station Middle School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 668 students in 2020-21 to 609 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.5:1 to 13.2:1.
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Jones County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,673
Census ACS
Median income
$75,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
5,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jones County
- Jones County High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
- Dames Ferry Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Turner Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Mattie Wells Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Gray Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Clifton Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 482 students
Other schools in Gray
- Jones County High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
- Dames Ferry Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Turner Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Gray Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
Nearby schools
- Jones County High School0.3 mi · 1,614
- Gray Elementary School0.3 mi · 512
- Turner Woods Elementary School1.9 mi · 590
- Dames Ferry Elementary School4.4 mi · 613
- Mattie Wells Elementary School7.3 mi · 584
- Clifton Ridge Middle School8.5 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Gray Station Middle SchoolHow large is Gray Station Middle School?
Gray Station Middle School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Gray Station Middle School serve?
Gray Station Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Gray Station Middle School have?
Gray Station Middle School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Gray Station Middle School?
Student demographics at Gray Station Middle School are roughly 73% White, 3% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Gray Station Middle School?
Gray Station Middle School is overseen by Jones County in Jones County.
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