Enrollment
203
Middle
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 130375002417
Montgomery County Middle School
100 Faye D Brewer Street, Mount Vernon, GA 30445 · (912) 583-2351 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL203 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Georgia public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
203 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 74 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 67 | 33% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Montgomery County Middle School→Montgomery County High School
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
34.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
27.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.3% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 31.4% |
| 2022-23 | 39.4% | 35.4% |
| 2021-22 | 33.5% | 36.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Montgomery County Middle School
Montgomery County Middle School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery County Middle School this school | 203 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
| Pulaski County Middle School Hawkinsville | 288 | 100.0% | 25.6% |
| Jenkins County Middle School Millen | 260 | 100.0% | 34.9% |
| Washington-Wilkes Middle School Washington | 285 | 100.0% | 24.9% |
| Miller County Middle School Colquitt | 171 | 100.0% | 32.0% |
| Johnson County Middle School Wrightsville | 220 | 100.0% | 35.5% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Montgomery County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #234 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #335 of 474 ▼ 57 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #242 of 474 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #22 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 203 | #471 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #19 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #48 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #102 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #286 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
203
-18 (-8%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 203 | 18.7 | 10.9:1 | 100% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 191 | 17.1 | 11.2:1 | 87% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 16.6 | 13.4:1 | 95% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 14 | 15.8:1 | 95% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 207 | 14.7 | 14.1:1 | 100% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 193 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 98% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 20 | 13.2:1 | 78% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 308 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 70% (217) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montgomery County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (207 to 203); teachers up 27% (14.7 to 18.7).
About Montgomery County Middle School
Montgomery County Middle School is a small middle-grades school for students in Mount Vernon, Georgia. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 203 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Georgia is roughly 763 students; this school is 73% smaller than that.
Montgomery County Middle School is part of Montgomery County, where 3 schools serve 902 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Montgomery County Middle School, at 40%. Other groups include 33% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 67% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.9:1. That is lower than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Montgomery County.
allk12 grades Montgomery County Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.7%. Montgomery County Middle School scores 37.7%.
In Montgomery County (population about 8,640), the median household income is $51,941, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. There are 3 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 902 students in all.
The school nearest to Montgomery County Middle School is Montgomery County High School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Montgomery County Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Montgomery County Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Montgomery County Middle School declined 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 221 to 203 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.8:1 to 10.9:1 over the same years.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,640
Census ACS
Median income
$51,941
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
902 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Montgomery County Elementary SchoolElementary · 435 students
- Montgomery County High SchoolHigh · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Montgomery County High School0.0 mi · 264
- Montgomery County Elementary School0.8 mi · 435
- Vidalia Comprehensive High School9.8 mi · 703
- Sally Dailey Meadows Elementary School10.6 mi · 622
- J. R. Trippe Middle School10.9 mi · 498
- J. D. Dickerson Primary School11.1 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Montgomery County Middle SchoolHow many students attend Montgomery County Middle School?
Montgomery County Middle School enrolls approximately 203 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Montgomery County Middle School serve?
Montgomery County Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Montgomery County Middle School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Montgomery County Middle School.
How diverse is Montgomery County Middle School?
Montgomery County Middle School reports a student body of 40% White, 19% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Montgomery County Middle School?
Montgomery County Middle School is overseen by Montgomery County in Montgomery County.
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