Washington Middle School

Set in Cairo, Georgia, Washington Middle School is a compact junior high, one of the schools within Grady County. It caters to 631 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 7 schools in Grady County (4,790 students total), Washington Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Washington Middle School reports that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 38% Black, 16% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. 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.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington 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 30.3%, a residual of +4.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Grady County) records that median household earnings sit near $58,980, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Washington Middle School is one of 7 public schools in Grady County (combined enrollment of about 4,790 students).

The closest other public school is Northside Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Washington Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.7%.

Washington Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Middle School has contracted 5%, going from 667 students in 2018 to 631 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 22% to 44%.

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