Bainbridge Middle School, Bainbridge GA

Original Research by School Decision on Bainbridge Middle School

Bainbridge Middle School serves grades six through eight in Bainbridge, Georgia, a county seat in the southwest corner of the state. The school enrolls a student body that reflects the composition of its rural and small-city setting. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment is predominantly Black, with substantial Hispanic and white representation. Specific counts for students with disabilities and English learners were not available.

The school's state testing data from spring shows proficiency rates that run below the state median across all tested subjects. In mathematics, proficiency ranges from lower in sixth grade to higher in eighth grade, though gains are modest. English language arts proficiency is similar in sixth and seventh grade, dipping in eighth grade. Science and social studies proficiency are assessed only in eighth grade; science shows slightly stronger performance than math or English, while social studies shows the lowest results of any subject tested. A parent may want to look into what instruction and support looks like in social studies specifically, as well as what factors the school sees as barriers to proficiency growth in these tested areas.

The school sits at the bottom quartile for overall proficiency when compared to the other districts in Decatur County. Only one year of testing data is available, so trend information and whether results are improving or declining cannot be determined from the assessment records provided.

Bainbridge itself is a small city anchored by a walkable historic downtown with antebellum homes, live oaks, and a central square. The city's economy is driven by manufacturing (carpet, fibers, glass, chemicals), agriculture, health care, and education. A major growth driver is under way: Anovion Technologies is building a large synthetic graphite anode manufacturing facility at an industrial park and is expected to bring substantial new employment to the area. Housing in the immediate area is modestly valued and affordable relative to national benchmarks, and the community faces a housing shortage as it grows. Downtown revitalization through the Development Authority and Main Street program is ongoing, with adaptive reuse projects adding residential and commercial space.

The school's website address was not provided in the data available, so a parent looking to learn more about programming, staffing, or the school's own academic plans would need to contact the Decatur County school system directly or search the district website.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 726%

School 26% · District 24% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 30% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 35%

even with state median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 31% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 26% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median

Science

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 33% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 20% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median

This schoolDecatur 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.