Luella Middle School

Set in Locust Grove, Georgia, Luella Middle School is a mid-sized middle school, part of Henry County. It serves 849 students across grades 6 through 8.

Henry County comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 43,012 students; Luella Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Luella Middle School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Luella Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.8%; this one comes in at 19.0%, -23.9 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Henry County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $83,146 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Henry County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), Luella Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Luella High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Luella Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Luella Middle School has ticked down 3%, going from 877 students in 2018 to 849 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 16% to 4% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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