Veterans Memorial Middle School

As a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in Covington, Georgia, Veterans Memorial Middle School instructs 637 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Newton County.

Within Newton County, which oversees 22 schools and 18,672 students, Veterans Memorial Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Veterans Memorial Middle School logs that Black students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder comes out to 14% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Veterans Memorial Middle School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Veterans Memorial Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Newton County indicate median household earnings sit near $77,179, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Newton County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,672 students), of which Veterans Memorial Middle School is one.

West Newton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Veterans Memorial Middle School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 21.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Veterans Memorial Middle School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 703 (now 637). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 17% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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