Haralson County Middle School

Haralson County Middle School is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in Tallapoosa, Georgia, operated by Haralson County. The school teaches 757 students in grades 6 through 8.

Haralson County Middle School is one of 7 schools operated by Haralson County, a district that caters to 3,525 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Haralson County Middle School reports that nearly all students (91%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at Haralson County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Haralson County (around 69%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Haralson County Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 26.2%; Haralson County Middle School posts 51.0%, +24.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Haralson County indicate median household income runs about $72,127, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Haralson County Middle School is one of 11 public schools in Haralson County (combined enrollment of about 5,867 students).

Nearest neighbor: Haralson County High School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Haralson County Middle School. On composite proficiency, Haralson County Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 758 students in 2018 compared to 757 in 2025.

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