Enrollment
285
Middle
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILKES COUNTY·NCES 130576003942
Washington-Wilkes Middle School
1180 Tignall Rd, Washington, GA 30673 · (706) 678-7132 · Wilkes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Georgia public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
285 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 86 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 105 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 33% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Washington-Wilkes Middle School→Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School
Feeds from
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
26.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.3pp since 2021
Math
20.4%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.5% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 25.6% |
| 2022-23 | 30.2% | 28.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.8% | 26.6% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Washington-Wilkes Middle School
Washington-Wilkes Middle School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Wilkes Middle School this school | 285 | 100.0% | 24.9% |
| Jenkins County Middle School Millen | 260 | 100.0% | 34.9% |
| Pulaski County Middle School Hawkinsville | 288 | 100.0% | 25.6% |
| Pelham City Middle School Pelham | 287 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| Wilkinson County Middle School Mc Intyre | 225 | 100.0% | 21.0% |
| Manchester Middle School Manchester | 274 | 98.9% | 19.8% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Washington-Wilkes Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #355 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #386 of 474 ▼ 63 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #350 of 474 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #13 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #447 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #297 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #108 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #146 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #110 of 305 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
285
-44 (-13%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 285 | 19.3 | 14.8:1 | 100% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 18.4 | 16.3:1 | 87% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 21.6 | 13.8:1 | 92% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 94% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 23.9 | 13.9:1 | 94% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 94% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 75% (278) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Washington-Wilkes Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (333 to 285); teachers down 19% (23.9 to 19.3).
About Washington-Wilkes Middle School
Washington-Wilkes Middle School is a very small middle school based in Washington, Georgia. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 285 students. It has 63% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Georgia (about 763).
The Wilkes County system has 4 schools and 1,262 students.
The largest group at Washington-Wilkes Middle School is Black students, at 46%. After that, the student body is 35% White, 12% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
Its staff includes 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Washington-Wilkes Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. Public schools in Wilkes County average a similar 98%.
On the allk12 Grade, Washington-Wilkes Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Georgia public middle schools.
Washington-Wilkes Middle School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.9% versus 25.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
American Community Survey estimates for Wilkes County show that the median household earns about $52,043 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Wilkes County has 5 public schools with about 1,272 students, including Washington-Wilkes Middle School.
Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Washington-Wilkes Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Washington-Wilkes Middle School is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 285, compared with 329 in 2020-21.
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Wilkes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,549
Census ACS
Median income
$52,043
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,272 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wilkes County
- Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 368 students
- Washington-Wilkes Primary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Washington-Wilkes Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
Other schools in Washington
- Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 368 students
- Washington-Wilkes Primary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Washington-Wilkes Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Wilkes County Regional Detention CenterHigh · 10 students
Nearby schools
- Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School0.0 mi · 368
- Washington-Wilkes Elementary School1.8 mi · 244
- Washington-Wilkes Primary School2.4 mi · 365
- Wilkes County Regional Detention Center4.7 mi · 10
- Lincoln County Elementary School14.2 mi · 602
- Lincoln County High School14.2 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Washington-Wilkes Middle SchoolHow large is Washington-Wilkes Middle School?
Washington-Wilkes Middle School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Washington-Wilkes Middle School serve?
Washington-Wilkes Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Washington-Wilkes Middle School have?
Washington-Wilkes Middle School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Washington-Wilkes Middle School?
Student demographics at Washington-Wilkes Middle School are roughly 35% White, 12% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Washington-Wilkes Middle School in?
Washington-Wilkes Middle School is part of Wilkes County.
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