Lanier County Middle School

Set in Lakeland, Georgia, Lanier County Middle School is a small 6-8 campus, overseen by Lanier County. It educates 324 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 58% below the state mean of about 763.

Lanier County Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Lanier County, a district that works with 1,652 students overall.

On demographics, Lanier County Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

On the resource side, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Lanier County Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lanier County Middle School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.7%; actual is 43.1%, +17.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lanier County put median household income runs about $47,186, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lanier County Middle School is one of 4 public schools in Lanier County (combined enrollment of about 1,652 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lanier County High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lanier County Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.

Lanier County Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 378 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 61% to 56%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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