Hephzibah Middle School

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Hephzibah, Georgia, Hephzibah Middle School serves 728 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Richmond County.

Hephzibah Middle School is one of 52 schools operated by Richmond County, a district that instructs 30,573 students overall.

On demographics, Hephzibah Middle School logs that Black students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 13% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hephzibah Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 25.7%; this one comes in at 11.1%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate median household income runs about $55,637, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Richmond County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), of which Hephzibah Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Hephzibah High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hephzibah Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 12.4%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hephzibah Middle School has grew 71%, going from 426 students in 2018 to 728 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment increased from 46% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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