Heard County Middle School

Heard County Middle School operates as a small intermediate school in Franklin, Georgia, one of the schools within Heard County. Current enrollment sits at 456 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 40% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Heard County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,246 students. Heard County Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Heard County Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest reads as 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Heard County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Heard 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 32.3%; Heard County Middle School posts 53.0%, +20.7 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Heard County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,868 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Heard County Middle School is one of 6 public schools in Heard County (combined enrollment of about 2,246 students).

Arrow Academy Alternative School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Heard County Middle School. On composite proficiency, Heard County Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Heard County Middle School has changed only slightly, going from 462 students in 2018 to 456 in 2025.

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