Herschel Jones Middle School

Set in Dallas, Georgia, Herschel Jones Middle School is a mid-sized intermediate school, overseen by Paulding County. It hosts 728 students across grades 6 through 8.

Herschel Jones Middle School is one of 34 schools operated by Paulding County, a district that educates 31,426 students overall.

On demographics, Herschel Jones Middle School logs that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 72% of students at Herschel Jones Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Paulding County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Herschel Jones Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Paulding County shows median household earnings sit near $98,031, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Paulding County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students), of which Herschel Jones Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dallas Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Herschel Jones Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Herschel Jones Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.9%.

Herschel Jones Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Herschel Jones Middle School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 714 (now 728). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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