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Enrollment
549
Middle
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUMTER COUNTY·NCES 130462002090
Sumter County Middle School
200 Industrial Blvd, Americus, GA 31719 · (229) 924-1010 · Sumter County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
549 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 269 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 280 | 51% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sumter County Middle School→Sumter County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sumter County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
14.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
12.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.9% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 16.9% | 9.2% |
| 2022-23 | 17.3% | 7.2% |
| 2021-22 | 14.1% | 7.3% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sumter County Middle School
Sumter County Middle School's state test result (14.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumter County Middle School this school | 549 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| Baker Middle School Columbus | 631 | 100.0% | 4.7% |
| Murphey Middle School Augusta | 512 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
| Riverdale Middle School Riverdale | 560 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School Covington | 637 | 95.8% | 29.8% |
| Sumter County Intermediate School Americus | 711 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sumter County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #435 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #440 of 474 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #449 of 474 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #291 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #347 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #64 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #359 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #130 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #279 of 305 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
549
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 549 | 44.8 | 12.3:1 | 100% (549) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 42.9 | 12.5:1 | 100% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 44.9 | 12.5:1 | 100% (560) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 99% (585) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 44.1 | 12.7:1 | 100% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 99% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 678 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 80% (541) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 76% (454) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 29 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sumter County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (561 to 549); teachers up 2% (44.1 to 44.8).
About Sumter County Middle School
Sumter County Middle School is a small middle school that serves part of Americus, Georgia. It covers grades 7 through 8, with a total enrollment of 549 students. Statewide, middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students each.
Sumter County Middle School sits within Sumter County, which has 5 schools and 3,560 students.
Sumter County Middle School's enrollment is 76% Black. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic and 7% White. In Sumter County overall, about 50% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Sumter County Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Staffing totals 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. The gap from the 91% average for public schools in Sumter County is 9 points.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sumter County Middle School is 11.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 14.2% actual, 25.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Sumter County show that median household income is about $42,653, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 6 public schools in Sumter County, with a combined enrollment of about 4,145.
Sumter County Primary School is the public school closest to Sumter County Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Sumter County Middle School has 5 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 33.2% on proficiency, and Sumter County Middle School is below that at 14.2%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 7%, from 588 to 549. By 2024-25, the school had 12.3 students per teacher, compared with 14.0 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sumter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,061
Census ACS
Median income
$42,653
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
4,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sumter County
- Sumter County High SchoolHigh · 1,037 students
- Sumter County Primary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Sumter County Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Sumter County Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
Other schools in Americus
- Sumter County High SchoolHigh · 1,037 students
- Sumter County Primary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Sumter County Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Furlow Charter SchoolCombined · 585 students
- Sumter County Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
Nearby schools
- Sumter County Primary School0.2 mi · 724
- Sumter County Intermediate School0.3 mi · 711
- Sumter County Elementary School0.3 mi · 539
- Sumter County High School1.7 mi · 1,037
- Furlow Charter School4.8 mi · 585
- Schley Middle High School8.4 mi · 649
Frequently asked questions
About Sumter County Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sumter County Middle School?
Sumter County Middle School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Sumter County Middle School serve?
Sumter County Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sumter County Middle School have?
Sumter County Middle School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Sumter County Middle School?
Student demographics at Sumter County Middle School are roughly 7% White, 16% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sumter County Middle School in?
Sumter County Middle School is part of Sumter County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.