Atkinson County Middle School, Pearson GA

Original Research by School Decision on Atkinson County Middle School

Atkinson County Middle School serves grades six through eight in Pearson, a small county-seat city in south Georgia's rural Coastal Plain. The school enrolls a small cohort, with modest enrollment spread across the three middle grades. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is ethnically diverse, with roughly equal shares of Hispanic/Latino and white students, along with a smaller Black student population.

On state assessments from the most recent school year, the school shows uneven proficiency across subjects. In mathematics, students' proficiency rises sharply across the grades, with sixth-grade performance well below the midpoint but eighth-grade performance near or slightly above the midpoint. English language arts proficiency remains in the low-to-mid range across all three grades, showing little variation. Science proficiency at the eighth grade is notably low, affecting overall performance in that subject area. Social studies proficiency at the eighth grade is also well below the midpoint. A parent may want to look into the school's approach to science instruction and whether additional support is available in that area.

The school is a regular public school operating as part of Atkinson County Schools. It is located outside the immediate downtown grid of Pearson on Rebel Lane, near the high school. Pearson itself is a rural, predominantly blue-collar community where mobile homes make up a large share of the housing stock. Median home values in the area are modest. The community's workforce centers on construction, production, manufacturing, and sales occupations, with local employment anchored by public-sector jobs in county government and schools, along with regional manufacturers such as South Star Trailers. The area has been growing slowly in recent years.

No data was available on staffing, course offerings, discipline practices, or attendance patterns at this school, so a parent seeking more detail on those dimensions should contact the school or district directly. The district brief found no recent major shifts in policy or funding affecting families in Atkinson County Schools.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 38%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 749%

School 49% · District 49%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 16 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 646%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 747%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Science

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 37%

▲ 6 pts above state median

This schoolAtkinson County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.