Jenkins County Middle School

Jenkins County Middle School, a micro-enrollment intermediate school in Millen, Georgia, operated by Jenkins County, serves 260 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 66% below typical.

Jenkins County Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Jenkins County, a district that teaches 1,774 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jenkins County Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 40% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jenkins County Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 34.9%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jenkins County shows the typical household earns roughly $44,389 per year, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jenkins County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,774 students), of which Jenkins County Middle School is one.

Jenkins County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jenkins County Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.5%.

Jenkins County Middle School operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 260 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 52% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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