Rossville Middle School

Set in Rossville, Georgia, Rossville Middle School is a cozy 6-8 campus, part of Walker County. It educates 446 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 42% smaller than typical.

Within Walker County, which oversees 15 schools and 8,379 students, Rossville Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Rossville Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Rossville Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Rossville Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Walker County (around 85%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Rossville 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 27.5%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the broader community, census data for Walker County shows median household income runs about $59,469, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Rossville Middle School is one of 18 public schools in Walker County (combined enrollment of about 9,637 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ridgeland High School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rossville Middle School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Rossville Middle School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 446). The White share of enrollment shrank from 80% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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