South Habersham Middle School

South Habersham Middle School is one of the compact middle-grades schools in Cornelia, Georgia, one of the schools within Habersham County, with 456 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 40% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Across the 14 schools in Habersham County (7,257 students total), South Habersham Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, South Habersham Middle School logs that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 39% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Habersham County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, South Habersham Middle School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 28.5%; actual is 49.0%, +20.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Habersham County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,309, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. South Habersham Middle School is one of 13 public schools in Habersham County (combined enrollment of about 6,835 students).

Nearest neighbor: Level Grove Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, South Habersham Middle School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.

South Habersham Middle School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Habersham Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 460 students in 2018 to 456 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 46% to 39% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for South Habersham Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.