Putnam County Middle School is located on Sparta Highway in Eatonton, Georgia. It is a middle school servicing middle grades (6-8). With 73 students enrolled, the student to teacher ratio is 6:. Putnam County Middle School is the only public middle school in the counties school district. Putnam Middle has over 70 faculty and staff members, including Monica Macklin, one of the Assistant Principals. Mrs. Macklin started at Putnam County Middle school in 207 as a math teacher where she quickly moved into a leader role as an assistant principal.
Putnam County is a title one school; meaning they do receive federal assistance because of the high percentage of students that come from low income households. At Putnam Middle, they do take the Georgia Milestones assessment. In which, Mrs. Monica Macklin stated We are trying to move away from it. They are currently trying to find an assessment that compares to the Georgia Milestones, in which they hope that this will be their last year (209-2020) taking the Georgia Milestones assessment. She also stated that they have not received the data from the previous school term, t
herefore, she could not provide me with this information. Mrs. Macklin informed me of the requirements students must meet in order to be promoted to the next grade level. Student must pass all four content area subjects; English language arts, math, science and social studies to promoted to the next grade. They must also perform at 80 percent or higher on content areas measured by common assessments. Additionally, they must earn a grade of 80 percent or higher in connection classes, and meet annual Lexile and math proficiency scores. Eighth graders must earn a proficient score on the state English language arts and math assessments to be promoted to the ninth grade. The district CCRPI score is a 75.4, with Putnam County Middle School earning, 6.826 proportional points, the lowest of the schools in the district. The school received 29 achievement points, 30.9 progress points, 6.7 achievement gap points, 3.3 challenge points in the area of ED/EL/SWD performance points. They received 2 stars for financial efficiency rating and the school climate rating was unavailable. Putnam County Middle Schools score is a 77.4.