📍 700 8th St W, Tifton, Tift County, 31794
Eighth Street Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tifton, Tift County. The school has 958 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tift County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 65.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 26% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Eighth Street Middle School enrolls 958 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 65.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 32% Black or African American and 18% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 429 | 45% |
| Black or African American | 307 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 169 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 19 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
958 of the school's 958 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 958 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Eighth Street Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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-80, state senate district 13, state house district 155.
Eighth Street Middle School is one of 11 schools in Tift County, based in Tifton, Georgia. The district serves 7,471 students district-wide and employs 528 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 958 students, Eighth Street Middle School is larger than the district average of about 679 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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