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What's the biggest difference between Oglethorpe County Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
523
Middle
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OGLETHORPE COUNTY·NCES 130399001467
Oglethorpe County Middle School
270 Buddy Faust Rd, Crawford, GA 30630 · (706) 743-8146 · Oglethorpe County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% 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.
- CThree-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
12.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
442 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 153 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 198 | 38% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Oglethorpe County Middle School→Oglethorpe County High School
Feeds from
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Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
38.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
49.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.8% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 47.1% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 44.1% |
| 2021-22 | 40.1% | 44.6% |
% 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
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Oglethorpe County Middle School
Oglethorpe County Middle School's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglethorpe County Middle School this school | 523 | 84.5% | 43.6% |
| Bleckley Middle School Cochran | 550 | 85.3% | 54.8% |
| Bacon County Middle School Alma | 462 | 92.0% | 49.1% |
| Jasper County Middle School Monticello | 647 | 91.5% | 33.9% |
| Risley Middle School Brunswick | 590 | 82.7% | 46.7% |
| Lakeview Middle School Rossville | 647 | 89.8% | 34.1% |
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 Oglethorpe County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #166 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #149 of 474 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #200 of 474 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #327 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #366 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #107 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #224 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #232 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #133 of 144 |
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
523
+36 (+7%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 523 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 85% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 40.7 | 13.4:1 | 71% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 40.2 | 12.9:1 | 59% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 60% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 40.8 | 12.6:1 | 60% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 54% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 57% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 44% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 26 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oglethorpe County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (514 to 523); teachers unchanged (40.8 to 41).
About Oglethorpe County Middle School
Oglethorpe County Middle School is a middle-grades school in Crawford, Georgia, reachable at (706) 743-8146. It enrolled 523 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 31% lower than the average for middle schools in Georgia, which is about 763.
Besides Oglethorpe County Middle School, Oglethorpe County runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 2,293 students.
At 61%, White students outnumber all other groups at Oglethorpe County Middle School combined. Smaller groups are 18% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 74% of Oglethorpe County residents are White. By the diversity index, Oglethorpe County Middle School comes in at 57%.
Teacher staffing is 41 full-time equivalents, or about 12.8 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 14.1:1. About 85% of students, or 442, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 84% average for public schools in Oglethorpe County.
The allk12 Grade for Oglethorpe County Middle School is B+. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 71% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Oglethorpe County Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.6% is 10.0 points above the 33.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Oglethorpe County, median household income is about $75,034, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 4 public schools operate in Oglethorpe County, serving about 2,293 students.
Oglethorpe County Primary School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Oglethorpe County Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Oglethorpe County Middle School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 487 to 523. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 12.8:1, from 11.6:1.
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Oglethorpe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,509
Census ACS
Median income
$75,034
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
2,293 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oglethorpe County
- Oglethorpe County High SchoolHigh · 690 students
- Oglethorpe County Primary SchoolElementary · 559 students
- Oglethorpe County Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Oglethorpe County Primary School0.3 mi · 559
- Oglethorpe County Elementary School0.4 mi · 521
- Oglethorpe County High School1.2 mi · 690
- Winterville Elementary School11.6 mi · 343
- Whit Davis Road Elementary School12.0 mi · 395
- Colbert Elementary School12.1 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Oglethorpe County Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Oglethorpe County Middle School?
Oglethorpe County Middle School enrolls approximately 523 students in grades 06-08.
Is Oglethorpe County Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oglethorpe County Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Oglethorpe County Middle School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Oglethorpe County Middle School.
How diverse is Oglethorpe County Middle School?
Oglethorpe County Middle School reports a student body of 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Oglethorpe County Middle School?
Oglethorpe County Middle School is overseen by Oglethorpe County in Oglethorpe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.