Rockmart Middle School

Located at 60 Knox Mountain Rd, in Rockmart, Georgia, Rockmart Middle School is a moderately sized intermediate school that enrolls 671 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Polk County.

Polk County runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 7,745 students. Rockmart Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rockmart Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school records 16% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Rockmart Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 26.8%, a residual of -11.2 points.

Across the wider county, Polk County reports that median household income runs about $58,515, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Polk County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,745 students), Rockmart Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rockmart High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Rockmart Middle School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

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

Five-year trend. Rockmart Middle School's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 730 (now 671). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.