Mercer Middle School

Garden City, GA 31408

Phone: (912) 395-6700
Fax: (912) 965-6719
District: Chatham County School District

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GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 6,7,8 • 533 students

Mercer Middle School, a public school located in Garden City, GA, serves grades 6-8 in the Chatham County School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 2 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Mercer Middle School is a public school located in Garden City, GA. 533 students attend Mercer Middle School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 2/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement, and using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade (EOG) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.
Student Growth 2/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.

Posted: January 15, 2025

They don't let me take my daughter with me because I came for her after 1 .because early dismissal it's before 1 . I explain the see have doctor appointment. And they don't care. It's stupid.

Posted: January 15, 2025

Posted: September 22, 2022

This is not the best school ever the students are weird and mean they play to much in classes some teachers are very rude bathrooms are disgusting and smell bad and poor school building lunch is terrible hard to make friends sometimes rude students I am very disappointed in the school students deserve better than this I would definitely not recommend this school

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Posted: May 1, 2018

Overall education wise my daughter is improving.

Posted: May 1, 2018

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Posted: May 1, 2018

The school leader dis not contact me regarding an incident until two days later. I had to call him the day it happened, he waited to call me back. Policies and procedures are not followed properly.

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Posted: February 23, 2014

Mercer Middle School is not the problem! One it is the Student whom attend and the Teacher whom teach. If you have a teacher that doesn't want to teach and discipline. If you have a student whom doesn't want to learn and have discipline. Who loses the child no matter what age of school. We as parents need to understand none of our kids are perfect and act up. Teacher's need to step up if the teacher has a student that is giving problems and no respect call the parent but at the same time parents don't believe everything your child tells you is true. We as parents have to support the teacher, we all have to be on the same page. Once our kids figure out how to get the parent after the teacher and teacher giving up. The students wins but loses at the end. We have to work together as people, parents, teachers most important is our kids. We can build ten new schools but if all of us are not on the same page nothing will get accomplished. Lets figure a way out how to fix the issue's. I live in Port Went-worth if it was up to me it would not matter because something new is not going to change how things are conducted at the school what makes the difference is what new can we build.

Posted: September 11, 2013

Mercer Middle School is not as bad as everyone is putting. Yes it's not like it was when I was there in the 90's. I have a daughter there now in the 7th grade and they have done everything to work with me and her. The teachers are nice and very hands on. I think that they should have a better score than a "1"! They are better than Garden City Elementary!

Posted: July 23, 2013

I was at Mercer for 2 years and for my first year, too much drama and I always (somehow) get into it. I was (I guess u can say) bullied. But, I managed to get go on about my life. My second year, everything was ok, still was getting put in drama, but now im going to southwest. If I came from Mercer (which is what people say is a bad school) then I can take southwest. But, that bullying stuff aint happening with me. I aint even going to know nobody :( but Mercer is terrible. And having a student say that is sad. The teachers dont like teach and act like they scared of half the class. Fights break out almost everyday....smh, to be honest, if you reading this, you might as well be home school because no school in savannah is good

Posted: May 19, 2013

If I could give this school a 0 I would! This is by far the worst school I have ever seen or heard of. For more than half the year I lied about where I lived so my daughter could attend a better school. I got caught more than half way into the school year and now she is back at Mercer... UGH I'm actually having to move just so she can go to a better school. It stinks in that school and the teachers act as though they have just given up... Sad situation!!! I think it is time to just give on up on that place and shut it down!

Posted: March 17, 2013

Mercer middle school the school that don't teach please don't bring your child to this School teacher do not teach you don't care about anybody child I encourage all parents do not see a child to the school they will soon. Drop out A.fenell don't teach at all

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8 Mainstreet Neighborhood/Subdivision Richmond Hill GA 15.1 mi
9 Plantation Way Neighborhood/Subdivision Richmond Hill GA 15.3 mi
10 University Park Neighborhood/Subdivision Hardeeville SC 17.1 mi
11 The Farm at Buckwalter Neighborhood/Subdivision Bluffton SC 17.4 mi
12 Buckhead Neighborhood/Subdivision Richmond Hill GA 17.9 mi
13 Buckhead North Neighborhood/Subdivision Richmond Hill GA 18.2 mi
14 WaterWays Township Neighborhood/Subdivision Richmond Hill GA 19 mi
15 Dunham Marsh Neighborhood/Subdivision Richmond Hill GA 19.1 mi
16 Shadow Moss Neighborhood/Subdivision Beaufort SC 30.9 mi
17 Habersham Neighborhood/Subdivision Beaufort SC 31.5 mi
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1 Downtown Savannah savannah GA 4.3 mi
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6 Guyton Guyton GA 21.2 mi
7 Midway Midway GA 26.2 mi
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Base Distance
Hunter Army Airfield 5.7 mi.
Fort Stewart 31 mi.
Parris Island MCRD 31.6 mi.
Beaufort Naval Hospital 34 mi.
Beaufort MCAS 35.9 mi.
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