Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School

As a medium-sized 6-8 campus in Dallas, Georgia, Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School enrolls 834 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Paulding County.

Within Paulding County, which oversees 34 schools and 31,426 students, Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Paulding County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Paulding County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.5%, the actual is 60.4%, a residual of -4.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Paulding County shows median household income runs about $98,031, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Paulding County (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students).

Nearest neighbor: Burnt Hickory Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School has ticked down 37%, going from 1,317 students in 2018 to 834 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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