J. A. Dobbins Middle School

J. A. Dobbins Middle School, a small 6-8 campus in Powder Springs, Georgia, overseen by Paulding County, caters to 531 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 763.

J. A. Dobbins Middle School is one of 34 schools operated by Paulding County, a district that works with 31,426 students overall.

On demographics, J. A. Dobbins Middle School shows that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 30% Hispanic, 24% White, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, J. A. Dobbins Middle School shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Paulding County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, J. A. Dobbins Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 35.2%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Paulding County) logs that median household earnings sit near $98,031, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Paulding County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students), of which J. A. Dobbins Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Bessie L. Baggett Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, J. A. Dobbins Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. J. A. Dobbins Middle School's enrollment has decreased 21% since 2018, when it stood at 673 (now 531). White enrollment moved from 47% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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