Summary:
Zip code 31015, serving the Cordele, Georgia area, is home to just one middle school: Crisp County Middle School, which educates students in grades 6 through 8 within the Crisp County School District.
Crisp County Middle School serves 714 students with a favorable 12.8:1 student-teacher ratio and spends $15,914 per student annually. The school faces significant challenges, as 100% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch and 29.4% are chronically absent—nearly double the state average. Academically, proficiency rates lag well behind state averages across all subjects. In 8th grade, only 16.2% are proficient in math (state: 46.3%), 18.1% in science (state: 29.7%), and 13.0% in social studies (state: 40.2%). The school's strongest relative performance is in 6th grade math at 23.1% proficiency, while social studies remains the weakest area with a 27-point gap from the state average.
There are encouraging signs despite the low absolute numbers. The school has improved its state ranking for three consecutive years, moving from 491st to 462nd out of roughly 580 Georgia middle schools. Year-over-year data shows strong gains in 6th grade math (+6.0 points) and 7th grade math (+3.6 points), though 8th grade math (-4.1 points) and science (-5.5 points) declined. The school's test scores exactly mirror district averages, confirming it is the sole middle school in the district. While the school's resource investments (higher per-student spending and smaller class sizes) have not yet translated into state-average performance, the upward ranking trend and math gains in lower grades suggest recent instructional efforts may be starting to take hold. Parents should note that ELA scores are not included in this release and will be available in December.
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