Hampton Middle School

Hampton Middle School, a medium-sized 6-8 campus in Hampton, Georgia, part of Henry County, hosts 752 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Hampton Middle School is one of 53 schools operated by Henry County, a district that instructs 43,012 students overall.

Demographically, Hampton Middle School records that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Henry County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Henry County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hampton Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.4%; Hampton Middle School posts 23.3%, -16.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Henry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,146 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Hampton Middle School is one of 54 public schools in Henry County (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students).

Rocky Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 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), Hampton Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 25.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 949 students in 2018 compared to 752 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.