Miller Magnet Middle School

Located at 751 Hendley St, in Macon, Georgia, Miller Magnet Middle School is a small intermediate school that serves 614 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Bibb County.

Bibb County runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 21,334 students. Miller Magnet Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Miller Magnet Middle School shows that nearly all students (84%) are Black. Beyond that, the school records 8% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Miller Magnet Middle School logs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Miller Magnet Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at Miller Magnet Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Miller Magnet Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.5%; this one comes in at 31.4%, -15.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bibb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,234 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Miller Magnet Middle School is one of 41 public schools in Bibb County (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students).

Nearest neighbor: Central High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Miller Magnet Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 23.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Miller Magnet Middle School has shrank 8%, going from 668 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 91% to 84%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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