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Enrollment
619
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123002057
Kendrick Middle School
7971 Kendrick Rd, Jonesboro, GA 30238 · (770) 472-8400 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
619 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
20.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.0pp since 2021
Math
15.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
619
-174 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.0:1
% White
1%
was 2%
% Hispanic
29%
was 20%
% Black
68%
was 74%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Kendrick Middle School
Kendrick Middle School is a 6-8 campus of close-knit scale in Jonesboro, Georgia, run under Clayton County, caters to 619 students in grades 6 through 8.
Within Clayton County, which oversees 68 schools and 51,326 students, Kendrick Middle School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Kendrick Middle School records that Black students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Clayton County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Kendrick Middle School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. 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, Kendrick 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 16.6%, a residual of -9.0 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Clayton County shows median household income runs about $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Clayton County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), Kendrick Middle School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Callaway Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kendrick Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kendrick Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 18.6%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kendrick Middle School has fell 22%, going from 793 students in 2018 to 619 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Jonesboro
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- Mount Zion High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Jonesboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- M. D. Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forHigh · 887 students
Nearby schools
- Callaway Elementary School0.4 mi · 677
- Swint Elementary School0.7 mi · 544
- Riverdale High School1.7 mi · 1,359
- Pointe South Elementary School1.7 mi · 508
- Pointe South Middle School1.8 mi · 693
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for1.8 mi · 887
Frequently asked questions
About Kendrick Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kendrick Middle School?
Kendrick Middle School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kendrick Middle School serve?
Kendrick Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Kendrick Middle School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Kendrick Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Kendrick Middle School?
Student demographics at Kendrick Middle School are roughly 1% White, 29% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kendrick Middle School in?
Kendrick Middle School is part of Clayton County.
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