Locust Grove Middle

Locust Grove Middle, a reasonably sized junior high in Locust Grove, Georgia, part of Henry County, educates 1,010 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

Across the 53 schools in Henry County (43,012 students total), Locust Grove Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Locust Grove Middle reports that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Henry County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Locust Grove Middle records 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Locust Grove Middle is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.5%; Locust Grove Middle posts 23.9%, -18.6 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Henry County put the typical household earns roughly $83,146 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Henry County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), of which Locust Grove Middle is one.

The closest other public school is Locust Grove High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Locust Grove Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.8%.

Locust Grove Middle operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Locust Grove Middle's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 992 (now 1,010). White enrollment moved from 63% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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