Enrollment
161
Middle
DISTRICT 283 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHEELER COUNTY·NCES 130564004241
Wheeler County Middle School
50 Snowhill Road, Alamo, GA 30411 · (912) 568-7166 · Wheeler County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL161 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Georgia public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
9.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
143 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 48 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 54 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 37% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
38.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +12.9pp since 2021
Math
35.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.1% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 42.3% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 31.2% |
| 2021-22 | 25.3% | 27.1% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Wheeler County Middle School
Wheeler County Middle School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler County Middle School this school | 161 | 88.8% | 41.0% |
| Miller County Middle School Colquitt | 171 | 100.0% | 32.0% |
| Wilcox County Middle School Rochelle | 236 | 89.0% | 38.5% |
| Johnson County Middle School Wrightsville | 220 | 100.0% | 35.5% |
| Taylor County Middle School Butler | 245 | 100.0% | 31.2% |
| Lincoln County Middle School Lincolnton | 283 | 90.5% | 53.5% |
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 Wheeler County Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #195 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #276 of 474 ▼ 86 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #205 of 474 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.4pp | #49 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 161 | #477 of 487 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #210 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #12 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
161
-67 (-29%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 161 | 17.7 | 9.1:1 | 89% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 16.6 | 11.4:1 | 88% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 202 | 15.8 | 12.8:1 | 90% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 89% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 237 | 17.7 | 13.4:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wheeler County Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (237 to 161); teachers unchanged (17.7 to 17.7).
About Wheeler County Middle School
At 50 Snowhill Road in Alamo, Georgia, Wheeler County Middle School operates as a very small middle school. It has an enrollment of 161 students in grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 763 students for middle schools in Georgia.
The 3 schools of Wheeler County, including Wheeler County Middle School, enroll 848 students.
Federal enrollment data show Wheeler County Middle School is 52% White. Enrollment also includes 40% Black and 7% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Teacher count: 17.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.1:1. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 14.1:1. Roughly 89% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 88% average for public schools in Wheeler County.
Among Georgia public middle schools, Wheeler County Middle School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Wheeler County Middle School is 9.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 41.0%. Predicted: 31.5%.
For the population of Wheeler County, the median household earns about $40,539 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 10% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 22%. Wheeler County Middle School shares Wheeler County with 2 other public schools.
The closest school to Wheeler County Middle School is Wheeler County Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wheeler County Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
A 29% decline took enrollment from 228 in 2020-21 to 161 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.7:1 to 9.1:1.
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Wheeler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,335
Census ACS
Median income
$40,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
10%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
848 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wheeler County
- Wheeler County Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Wheeler County High SchoolHigh · 254 students
Other schools in Alamo
- Wheeler County Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Wheeler County High SchoolHigh · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Wheeler County Elementary School0.0 mi · 433
- Wheeler County High School0.0 mi · 254
- Telfair County Elementary8.9 mi · 793
- Telfair Alternative Preparation School9.9 mi · 18
- Telfair County Middle School10.9 mi · 344
- Telfair County High School10.9 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Wheeler County Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wheeler County Middle School?
Wheeler County Middle School enrolls approximately 161 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Wheeler County Middle School serve?
Wheeler County Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Wheeler County Middle School?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at Wheeler County Middle School.
How diverse is Wheeler County Middle School?
Wheeler County Middle School reports a student body of 52% White, 7% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Wheeler County Middle School?
Wheeler County Middle School is overseen by Wheeler County in Wheeler County.
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