Grovetown Middle School

As an average-sized junior high in Grovetown, Georgia, Grovetown Middle School teaches 1,067 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Columbia County. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.

Across the 31 schools in Columbia County (28,964 students total), Grovetown Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Grovetown Middle School records that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 24% White, 20% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Grovetown Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Columbia County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Grovetown Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Columbia County shows median household earnings sit near $95,592, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Grovetown Middle School is one of 32 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 29,518 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cedar Ridge Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Grovetown Middle School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Grovetown Middle School has ticked up 19%, going from 894 students in 2018 to 1,067 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 37% to 24%.

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