📍 5330 Montgomery St, Garden City, Chatham County, 31405
Mercer Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Garden City, Chatham County. The school has 402 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Savannah-Chatham County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mercer Middle School enrolls 402 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 5.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 241 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 118 | 29% |
| White | 23 | 5.7% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 402 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 342 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mercer Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-10, state senate district 2, state house district 163.
Mercer Middle School is one of 58 schools in Savannah-Chatham County, based in Savannah, Georgia. The district serves 35,744 students district-wide and employs 2,675 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 402 students, Mercer Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 616 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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