Summary:
Zip code 31643, serving the Quitman, Georgia area, is home to one middle school, Brooks County Middle School, which educates students in grades 6 through 8 and operates within the Brooks County district.
Brooks County Middle School serves a student body where 100% of families qualify for free or reduced lunch, a key factor in understanding its performance. The school’s greatest strength is its advanced math program: 74% of students taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam scored proficient or above, far surpassing the district’s 22.6% and the state’s 48.1%. This indicates that the school’s top-tier math students are exceptionally well-prepared. However, this success contrasts with grade-level math scores, which range from 16% to 23% proficiency, consistently about 25 points below state averages. The school also showed a dramatic improvement in 8th-grade Social Studies, jumping from 14.9% to 29.6% proficiency in one year, bringing it much closer to the state average of 40.2%.
Science performance presents a mixed picture. While 51% of 8th graders taking the high school Physical Science exam scored proficient—close to the state’s 60.9%—only 6.5% scored proficient on the 8th-grade Science Milestones, a stark contrast to the state’s 29.7%. English Language Arts scores from the most recent release show proficiency rates between 18.7% and 26.7%, all well below state averages. On a positive note, chronic absenteeism is a relative strength at 13.1%, better than both the district (16.6%) and state (17.7%). The school spends a substantial $15,646 per student, yet overall academic outcomes remain in the bottom quarter of Georgia middle schools, though its state ranking has improved slightly from 481st to 456th. For parents, this school offers a strong advanced math pathway and improving social studies, but faces significant challenges in core grade-level subjects.
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