Turner County Middle School

As a tiny middle-grades school in Ashburn, Georgia, Turner County Middle School hosts 230 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Turner County. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 70% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in Turner County (1,107 students total), Turner County Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Turner County Middle School reports that Black students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 19% White, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Turner County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Turner County Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Turner County shows median household income runs about $36,799, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Turner County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,107 students), of which Turner County Middle School is one.

Turner County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Turner County Middle School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Turner County Middle School's enrollment has contracted 10% since 2018, when it stood at 256 (now 230). Black enrollment moved from 61% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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