📍 1020 Veterans Memorial Hwy NE, Rome, Floyd County, 30161
Rome Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Rome, Floyd County. The school has 966 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Rome City school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 77.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 35% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rome Middle School enrolls 966 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 77.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Hispanic or Latino, 32% Black or African American and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 381 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 309 | 32% |
| White | 196 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 59 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 21 | 2.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
531 of the school's 966 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 480 qualify for free lunch and 51 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Rome Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 52, state house district 13.
Rome Middle School is one of 8 schools in Rome City, based in Rome, Georgia. The district serves 6,357 students district-wide and employs 510 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 966 students, Rome Middle School is larger than the district average of about 795 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small