Smokey Road Middle School

Smokey Road Middle School, a modestly sized middle-grades school in Newnan, Georgia, part of Coweta County, enrolls 563 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Smokey Road Middle School sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 29 schools in Coweta County (23,064 students total), Smokey Road Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Smokey Road Middle School reports that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 31% Black, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Smokey Road Middle School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Smokey Road Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Coweta County's rate of about 46%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Smokey Road Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 44.1%; actual is 28.8%, a gap of -15.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Coweta County put median household earnings sit near $95,548, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Coweta County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,423 students), Smokey Road Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Ruth Hill Elementary School, roughly 1.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Smokey Road Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Smokey Road Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 690 students in 2018 compared to 563 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 8% to 17%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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