J.C. Booth Middle School

J.C. Booth Middle School is an average-sized junior high in Peachtree City, Georgia, overseen by Fayette County. The school teaches 1,115 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 763.

Fayette County comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 19,800 students; J.C. Booth Middle School is among them.

Demographically, J.C. Booth Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 10% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, J.C. Booth Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.7%, the actual is 69.1%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Fayette County) records that median household income runs about $111,978, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Fayette County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,375 students), J.C. Booth Middle School is one campus in the mix.

McIntosh High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, J.C. Booth Middle School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 66.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. J.C. Booth Middle School's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 1,195 (now 1,115). White enrollment moved from 63% to 51% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.