Oak Hill MS

Located at 356 Blandy Rd NW, in Milledgeville, Georgia, Oak Hill MS is a moderately sized middle school that instructs 974 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Baldwin County. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 763.

Within Baldwin County, which oversees 6 schools and 4,510 students, Oak Hill MS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oak Hill MS lists that Black students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Baldwin County as a whole is about 41% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Oak Hill MS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Baldwin County's rate of about 86%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oak Hill MS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 22.3%, a residual of -3.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Baldwin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,403 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Baldwin County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,520 students), Oak Hill MS is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lakeview Primary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oak Hill MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Hill MS has contracted 15%, going from 1,141 students in 2018 to 974 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 72% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Oak Hill MS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.