Valdosta Middle School

As a medium-sized intermediate school in Valdosta, Georgia, Valdosta Middle School works with 1,024 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Valdosta City. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 34% bigger than typical.

Valdosta City runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 8,247 students. Valdosta Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Valdosta Middle School lists that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 12% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Lowndes County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Valdosta Middle School logs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Valdosta Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 28.7%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lowndes County) logs that median household income runs about $58,541, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Lowndes County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,812 students), Valdosta Middle School is one campus in the mix.

W.G. Nunn Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Valdosta Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.6%.

Valdosta Middle School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 1,063 students in 2018 compared to 1,024 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 25% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.