Telfair County Middle School

Located at 3 W Highway 280, in Mc Rae Helena, Georgia, Telfair County Middle School is a modestly sized middle school that works with 344 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Telfair County. Enrollment runs roughly 55% smaller than the state mean of about 763.

Within Telfair County, which oversees 4 schools and 1,543 students, Telfair County Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Telfair County Middle School reports that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 34% Black, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Telfair County Middle School shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Telfair County Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Telfair County) records that median household earnings sit near $50,929, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Telfair County Middle School is one of 4 public schools in Telfair County (combined enrollment of about 1,543 students).

The closest other public school is Telfair County High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Telfair County Middle School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

Telfair County Middle School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 390 students in 2018 compared to 344 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 7% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.