Kennedy Road Middle School

Kennedy Road Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school in Griffin, Georgia, run under Griffin-Spalding County. The school hosts 428 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 763.

Griffin-Spalding County comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 9,350 students; Kennedy Road Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Kennedy Road Middle School shows that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 22% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Spalding County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Kennedy Road Middle School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. 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. That share is above Spalding County's rate of about 92%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kennedy Road Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 18.5%.

In the surrounding community, Spalding County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,071 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Spalding County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,350 students), Kennedy Road Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jackson Road Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kennedy Road Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kennedy Road Middle School has decreased 7%, going from 459 students in 2018 to 428 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 38% to 22%.

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