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Enrollment
894
Middle
DISTRICT 780 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042001416
Weaver Middle School
2570 Heath Rd, Macon, GA 31206 · (478) 779-4630 · Bibb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL894 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
611 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 264 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 325 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 305 | 34% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
16.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
13.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.3% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 17.4% | 6.3% |
| 2022-23 | 17.8% | 6.9% |
| 2021-22 | 13.3% | 5.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-29.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Weaver Middle School
Weaver Middle School's state test result (12.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weaver Middle School this school | 894 | 68.3% | 12.9% |
| Luella Middle School Locust Grove | 849 | 66.8% | 19.0% |
| General Ray Davis Middle School Stockbridge | 874 | 72.2% | 39.1% |
| Eagle's Landing Middle School McDonough | 974 | 72.2% | 21.9% |
| Factory Shoals Middle School Douglasville | 833 | 77.6% | 30.1% |
| Hampton Middle School Hampton | 752 | 73.5% | 23.3% |
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 Weaver Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #443 of 470 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #435 of 474 ▲ 25 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #443 of 474 ▼ 2 | #4 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #189 of 465 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 894 | #144 of 487 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #247 of 471 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #384 of 471 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #298 of 479 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #276 of 305 | N/A |
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
894
-58 (-6%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 993
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 894 | 63.5 | 14.1:1 | 68% (611) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 59.3 | 15.1:1 | 71% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 909 | 60.5 | 15.0:1 | 100% (909) |
| 2020-21 | 952 | 58 | 16.4:1 | 100% (952) |
| 2017-18 | 914 | 54.1 | 16.9:1 | 99% (906) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 99% (781) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 53 | 16.9:1 | 88% (790) |
| 2000-01 | 993 | 60 | 16.6:1 | 52% (514) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Weaver Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (914 to 894); teachers up 17% (54.1 to 63.5).
About Weaver Middle School
Weaver Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Macon, Georgia, under Bibb County. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 894 students in 2024-25.
Bibb County enrolls 21,334 students in 35 schools, including Weaver Middle School.
Black students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Bibb County, the Black share is about 55%. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Weaver Middle School are from different groups.
On staff are 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. About 68% of students at Weaver Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Weaver Middle School scores 29.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 12.9%; the prediction is 42.0%.
In the wider Bibb County area, median household income comes to about $51,234, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bibb County counts 41 public schools with about 23,725 students.
Weaver Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Westside High School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Weaver Middle School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Weaver Middle School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Weaver Middle School had a net loss of 58 students, or 6%. The ratio was 16.4:1 in 2020-21 and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bibb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,578
Census ACS
Median income
$51,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
23,725 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bibb County
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
- Southwest High SchoolHigh · 860 students
Other schools in Macon
- Academy For Classical EducationCombined · 1,808 students
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
Other Weaver Middle schools
One other US public school is named Weaver Middle. Weaver Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Weaver MiddleMerced, CA · 1,073 students
Nearby schools
- Westside High School0.6 mi · 1,013
- Union Elementary School1.5 mi · 475
- Heritage Elementary School1.6 mi · 524
- Veterans Elementary School1.9 mi · 715
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School3.2 mi · 712
- Hartley Elementary School3.8 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Weaver Middle SchoolHow many students attend Weaver Middle School?
Weaver Middle School enrolls approximately 894 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Weaver Middle School serve?
Weaver Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Weaver Middle School have?
Weaver Middle School employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Weaver Middle School?
At Weaver Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 12% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Weaver Middle School public or private?
Weaver Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bibb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.