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Enrollment
728
Middle
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001554
Hephzibah Middle School
2427 Mims Rd, Hephzibah, GA 30815 · (706) 592-4534 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Georgia public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
728 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 252 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 241 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 32% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.6pp since 2021
Math
8.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.5% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 8.3% |
| 2022-23 | 18.6% | 5.3% |
| 2021-22 | 16.9% | 6.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hephzibah Middle School
Hephzibah Middle School's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hephzibah Middle School this school | 728 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
| Tutt Middle School Augusta | 617 | 100.0% | 12.0% |
| Martin L. King Jr. Middle School Atlanta | 879 | 97.4% | 29.1% |
| Pine Hill Middle School Hephzibah | 757 | 100.0% | 13.0% |
| Dublin Middle School Dublin | 634 | 100.0% | 23.4% |
| Richmond Hill Middle School Augusta | 667 | 100.0% | 6.3% |
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 Hephzibah Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #453 of 470 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #457 of 474 ▼ 8 | #4 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #431 of 474 ▼ 22 | #2 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #344 of 465 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #248 of 487 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #455 of 471 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.4% | #361 of 471 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #119 of 479 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +70.9% | #3 of 144 | N/A |
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
728
+130 (+22%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 897
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 728 | 41.7 | 17.5:1 | 100% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 40.5 | 12.6:1 | 89% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 98% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 598 | 33 | 18.1:1 | 98% (586) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 96% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 97% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 69% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 979 | 52 | 18.8:1 | 50% (491) |
| 1990-91 | 897 | 52 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hephzibah Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 71% (426 to 728); teachers up 54% (27 to 41.7).
About Hephzibah Middle School
Hephzibah Middle School is a mid-sized middle school serving families in Hephzibah, Georgia. Federal data show 728 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Hephzibah Middle School is one of the 52 schools that make up Richmond County (30,573 students in total).
About 76% of the student body at Hephzibah Middle School is Black. Smaller groups are 13% White, 6% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 56% of Richmond County residents are Black. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Hephzibah Middle School are from different groups.
Hephzibah Middle School has 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. The school's 17.5:1 compares with an average of 14.1:1 for middle schools in Georgia. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hephzibah Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Georgia public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Hephzibah Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% in Georgia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 11.1%, against a prediction of 25.7%.
In Richmond County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $55,637 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Hephzibah Middle School, Richmond County has 58 public schools.
Hephzibah Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Hephzibah High School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Hephzibah Middle School, there are 7 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hephzibah Middle School is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, Hephzibah Middle School enrolled 598 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 728.
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Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,069
Census ACS
Median income
$55,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
31,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 878 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Other schools in Hephzibah
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Georgia School for Innovation and the ClassicsCombined · 1,015 students
- Pine Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Diamond Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Hephzibah Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Deer Chase Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Hephzibah High School0.2 mi · 1,041
- Hephzibah Elementary School0.8 mi · 574
- Spirit Creek Middle School3.1 mi · 530
- Pine Hill Middle School3.2 mi · 757
- Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics3.7 mi · 1,015
- Diamond Lakes Elementary School4.7 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Hephzibah Middle SchoolHow large is Hephzibah Middle School?
Hephzibah Middle School enrolls approximately 728 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hephzibah Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hephzibah Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hephzibah Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hephzibah Middle School is approximately 17.5:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hephzibah Middle School?
Hephzibah Middle School reports a student body of 13% White, 6% Hispanic, 76% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hephzibah Middle School?
Hephzibah Middle School is overseen by Richmond County in Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.