South Effingham Middle School

South Effingham Middle School is a high-enrollment 6-8 campus in Guyton, Georgia, part of Effingham County. The school hosts 1,161 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 52% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

South Effingham Middle School is one of 13 schools operated by Effingham County, a district that hosts 14,560 students overall.

Demographically, South Effingham Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest comes out to 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, South Effingham Middle School shows 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Effingham Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.8%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Effingham County put the typical household earns roughly $88,438 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Effingham County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,560 students), South Effingham Middle School is one campus in the mix.

South Effingham High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, South Effingham Middle School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.

South Effingham Middle School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Effingham Middle School has rose 4%, going from 1,120 students in 2018 to 1,161 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 79% to 63%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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