Newbern Middle School

Located at 2015 E Park Ave, in Valdosta, Georgia, Newbern Middle School is a mid-tier middle-grades school that serves 725 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Valdosta City.

Across the 8 schools in Valdosta City (8,247 students total), Newbern Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Newbern Middle School records that nearly all students (84%) are Black; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Newbern Middle School has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Newbern Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lowndes County (around 80%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Newbern Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 16.9%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Lowndes County reports that median household earnings sit near $58,541, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Newbern Middle School is one of 20 public schools in Lowndes County (combined enrollment of about 19,812 students).

Nearest neighbor: Scintilla Charter Academy, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Newbern Middle School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Newbern Middle School has fell 14%, going from 843 students in 2018 to 725 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 3% to 10%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Newbern Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.