Liberty Middle School

Liberty Middle School is one of the mid-sized middle schools in Covington, Georgia, one of the schools within Newton County, with 894 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Newton County, which oversees 22 schools and 18,672 students, Liberty Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Liberty Middle School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 13% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Liberty Middle School has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Newton County (around 92%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Liberty 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 21.6%, a residual of -4.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Newton County put median household income runs about $77,179, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Newton County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,672 students), of which Liberty Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is South Salem Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty Middle School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 21.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 963 students in 2018 compared to 894 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 15% to 7%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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