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Enrollment
818
Middle
DISTRICT 798 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY·NCES 130339001315
Lowndes Middle School
2379 Copeland Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601 · (229) 245-2280 · Lowndes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
818 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 284 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 259 | 32% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lowndes Middle School→Lowndes High School
Based on grade levels within Lowndes County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
39.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
49.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 49.8% |
| 2022-23 | 42.1% | 41.8% |
| 2021-22 | 37.9% | 44.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Lowndes Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #135 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #152 of 474 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #190 of 474 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #280 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #189 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #156 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #121 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #98 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #277 of 305 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
818
-74 (-8%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 818 | 61.7 | 13.3:1 | 100% (818) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 62.6 | 13.1:1 | 74% (607) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 62.7 | 13.4:1 | 72% (603) |
| 2020-21 | 892 | 60 | 14.9:1 | 47% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 58.6 | 14.3:1 | 66% (555) |
| 2015-16 | 874 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 66% (574) |
| 2010-11 | 893 | 58 | 15.4:1 | 62% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 1,074 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 48% (514) |
| 1990-91 | 883 | 59 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lowndes Middle School.
About Lowndes Middle School
The public middle school Lowndes Middle School is located in Valdosta, Georgia. It had 818 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
The district, Lowndes County, operates 11 schools serving 10,618 students.
More than half of the students at Lowndes Middle School are White (52%). Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Lowndes County, where about 53% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
For every teacher at Lowndes Middle School, there are about 13.3 students; the school has 61.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Georgia, 14.1:1, is higher. There are 818 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. Among public schools in Lowndes County, the average eligibility rate is 80%.
Lowndes Middle School is 22.3 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Georgia.
For the population of Lowndes County, the median household earns about $58,541 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Lowndes Middle School shares Lowndes County with 19 other public schools.
Pinevale Elementary School is about 2.4 miles from Lowndes Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Lowndes Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Lowndes Middle School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 892 to 818, an 8% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.9:1 to 13.3:1.
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Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
119,965
Census ACS
Median income
$58,541
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
19,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 904 students
- Hahira Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Dewar ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Hahira Elementary SchoolElementary · 782 students
- Pine Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
Other schools in Valdosta
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Valdosta High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Sallas Mahone ElementaryElementary · 1,045 students
- Valdosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- W.G. Nunn ElementaryElementary · 974 students
- Scintilla Charter AcademyCombined · 947 students
Nearby schools
- Pinevale Elementary School2.4 mi · 565
- Moulton-Branch Elementary School2.6 mi · 594
- J. L. Lomax Elementary School2.7 mi · 576
- S.L. Mason Elementary School3.8 mi · 881
- Westside Elementary School4.6 mi · 904
- W.G. Nunn Elementary4.7 mi · 974
Frequently asked questions
About Lowndes Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lowndes Middle School?
Lowndes Middle School enrolls approximately 818 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Lowndes Middle School serve?
Lowndes Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lowndes Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lowndes Middle School is approximately 13.3:1 (62 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Lowndes Middle School?
Lowndes Middle School reports a student body of 52% White, 19% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Lowndes Middle School?
Lowndes Middle School is overseen by Lowndes County in Lowndes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.