Middle · Georgia

Baker County Middle School

Free meals for all

Baker County Middle School, a public middle school in Newton, Georgia: grades 6–8, 66 students, 8.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Baker County.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 66
Teachers (FTE): 7.6
Students per teacher: 8.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 99% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 13.9 · 484 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 96% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 100% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 733 · 484 schools compared

Smaller than 96% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Georgia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Georgia: 40%

15%proficient

A lower share proficient than 95% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 35% · 484 middle schools compared

69 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Georgia: 43%

14%proficient

A lower share proficient than 89% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 37% · 484 middle schools compared

69 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Baker County

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Baker County.

Location

Address: 260 Ga Hwy 37 SW, Newton, GA 39870
Phone: (229)734-5274
City or town: Newton
County: Baker County

Quality of life in Newton Schools in Newton

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Mitchell County Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	250	10.1	23%	36%	8.0 mi
Pelham City Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	287	13.0	20%	27%	17.0 mi
Robert A. Cross Middle MagnetFree meals for all	6–8	478	13.5	81%	81%	18.9 mi
Radium Springs Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	747	14.0	8.9%	8.3%	19.2 mi
Merry Acres Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	807	13.7	17%	19%	21.1 mi
Miller County Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	171	14.5	26%	31%	23.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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