Summerville Middle School

As a close-knit junior high in Summerville, Georgia, Summerville Middle School instructs 337 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Chattooga County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Summerville Middle School sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Chattooga County (2,676 students total), Summerville Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Summerville Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. By comparison, Chattooga County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chattooga County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Summerville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.4%, the actual is 19.9%, a residual of -10.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Chattooga County put median household income runs about $50,285, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Summerville Middle School is one of 8 public schools in Chattooga County (combined enrollment of about 3,917 students).

Chattooga High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Summerville Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Summerville Middle School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summerville Middle School has remained close to its prior level, going from 345 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 71% to 65% over that span.

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