Jefferson County Middle School

Jefferson County Middle School is a compact intermediate school in Stapleton, Georgia, run under Jefferson County. The school instructs 440 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% below the state mean of about 763.

Jefferson County Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that serves 2,017 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jefferson County Middle School shows that 65% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 53% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Jefferson County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson County Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $53,014, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Jefferson County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,017 students), of which Jefferson County Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Jefferson County High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Jefferson County Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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