Best Middle Schools in Georgia

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the Milestones Assessment test scores by the Georgia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Friday, July 26, 2024.

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NOTE: 2024 rankings for Georgia schools were revised on September 30^th after the GA Department of Education's late release of the 2024 math scores.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 588)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
130111001438	171	Woodstock Middle School	Public	6-8	2000 Towne Lake Hills South Dr	Woodstock	30189	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 721-3060	1,083	73	14.8	38.6%	527 (48.7%)	162 (15.0%)	278 (25.7%)	28 (2.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	85 (7.8%)	$8,417			$157			$8,260	66.1	68.7	151	20
130141002073	172	Lakeside Middle School	Public	6-8	527 Blue Ridge Dr	Evans	30809	Columbia County	Columbia County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 855-6900	531	41	12.9	52.5%	269 (50.7%)	120 (22.6%)	71 (13.4%)	33 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	30 (5.6%)	$8,747			$348			$8,400	66.1	71.2	142	30
130255001960	173	Pinckneyville Middle School	Public	6-8	5440 W Jones Bridge Rd	Norcross	30092	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(770) 263-0860	1,206	83	14.5	52.7%	315 (26.1%)	356 (29.5%)	418 (34.7%)	65 (5.4%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	47 (3.9%)	$9,459			$281			$9,178	66	71.4	140	33
130219000934	174	Pepperell Middle School	Public	5-7	200 Hughes Dairy Road. SE	Lindale	30147	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 236-1849	520	38	13.6	63.8%	405 (77.9%)	37 (7.1%)	52 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.6%)	$9,838			$558			$9,280	65.9	59.3	206	32
130102004117	175	Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	Public, Charter	K-8	714 Lovell Ave	Tybee Island	31328	Chatham County	Savannah-Chatham County	Yes	No	No	No	(912) 395-4060	421	33	12.7	23.3%	356 (84.6%)	29 (6.9%)	20 (4.8%)	5 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	$9,441			$244			$9,441	65.8	68.1	154	21
130186000865	176	Chapel Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	3989 Chapel Hill Rd	Douglasville	30135	Douglas County	Douglas County	No	No	No	No	(770) 651-5000	1,098	64	17.1	55.0%	107 (9.7%)	748 (68.1%)	159 (14.5%)	27 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (5.0%)	$8,403			$374			$8,029	65.5	66.9	157	19
130258004032	177	Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School	Public	6-8	3115 Demorest Mount Airy Hwy	Demorest	30535	Habersham County	Habersham County	No	No	No	No	(706) 778-0830	587	45	13.1	68.3%	266 (45.3%)	26 (4.4%)	249 (42.4%)	19 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.6%)	$8,968			$551			$8,417	65.3	64.1	175	2
130002303482	178	Odyssey Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	14 Saint John Cir	Newnan	30265	Coweta County	State Specialty Schools I- Odyssey Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(770) 251-6111	339	29	11.8	40.1%	137 (40.4%)	124 (36.6%)	50 (14.7%)	6 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.5%)	$12,062			$3,821			$8,241	65	52	253	75
130162004421	179	Hammond Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	330 Pleasant Grove Dr. NE	Dalton	30721	Whitfield County	Dalton Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 876-4660	1,086	88	12.2	71.6%	208 (19.2%)	58 (5.3%)	775 (71.4%)	22 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.0%)								65	54.1	236	57
130023804205	180	Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	5073 Storey Mill Rd	Hephzibah	30815	Richmond County	State Specialty Schools I- Georgia School for Innovation and	Yes	No	No	Yes	(706) 434-8085	969	68	14.3	0.3%	764 (78.8%)	105 (10.8%)	49 (5.1%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	7 (0.7%)	40 (4.1%)	$8,297			$142			$8,155	64.8	79.4	103	77

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Milestones Assessment English Language Arts, Milestones Assessment Mathematics, Milestones Assessment Science, Milestones Assessment Social Studies test scores released by the Georgia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on July 26, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Georgia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Georgia Department of Education.
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