Risley Middle School

As a compact middle school in Brunswick, Georgia, Risley Middle School serves 590 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Glynn County. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 23% leaner than typical.

Within Glynn County, which oversees 17 schools and 12,750 students, Risley Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Risley Middle School lists that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 32% Black, 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Glynn County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Risley Middle School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Risley Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Risley Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.6%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of +12.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Glynn County) records that median household earnings sit near $69,799, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Risley Middle School is one of 18 public schools in Glynn County (combined enrollment of about 13,911 students).

Satilla Marsh Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Risley Middle School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Risley Middle School has ticked down 6%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 590 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 41% to 32%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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