Midway Hills Academy, Milledgeville GA

Original Research by School Decision on Midway Hills Academy

Midway Hills Academy is a public elementary school in Milledgeville serving grades three through five. The school has a diverse student body in a mixed-use college town where civic life centers around Georgia College & State University and the preserved historic downtown. The economic setting is a place in transition: Milledgeville is actively redeveloping downtown and diversifying employment beyond its historical reliance on state institutions and Central State Hospital. Housing costs in the area are moderate, with a median home value in the mid-range compared to state and national benchmarks.

The school's academic performance across tested subjects and grades is below proficiency. In math, students reach proficiency at a modest rate in third and fourth grade and substantially lower in fifth grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates are in the low range across all three grades. Science proficiency in fifth grade is among the lowest on the assessments offered. All students at Midway Hills qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a student population facing economic hardship. The student body is majority Black, with substantial White representation and smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Asian students.

The school sits within Baldwin County School District, which has secured a major renewable revenue stream through a recent five-year sales tax for education approved by voters. That funding locks in support for renovations, security upgrades, and transportation improvements at multiple school buildings through the mid-2020s. The district has also navigated a state property-tax law with implications for local school funding, a decision that affects the financial stability families rely on when making residence choices.

Midway Hills serves a specific grade band and sits among schools operated by the only school district in Baldwin County, so traditional peer comparisons are limited. The school's test results show material gaps in both foundational and advanced math proficiency, significant gaps in reading and language skills, and very low science attainment. A parent exploring this school may want to look into current improvement initiatives with the school directly and what support structures exist for students entering middle grade work with these proficiency baselines.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 32% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 36% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 22% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 23% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 31% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 30% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median

Science

Grade 511%

School 11% · District 16% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median

This schoolBaldwin 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.