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)
130447002428	81	Schley Middle High School	Public	6-12	2131 US Highway 19 S	Ellaville	31806	Schley County	Schley County	No	No	No	Yes	(229) 937-0560	663	46	14.3	48.9%	467 (70.4%)	117 (17.6%)	49 (7.4%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.5%)	$8,424			$352			$8,072	84.4	88.2	60	21
130507002998	82	Towns County Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Highway 76 E	Hiawassee	30546	Towns County	Towns County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 896-4131	206	21	9.8	60.7%	178 (86.4%)	1 (0.5%)	19 (9.2%)	4 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	$12,884			$710			$12,174	84.1	85	75	7
130111001970	83	Dean Rusk Middle School	Public	6-8	2761 E Cherokee Dr	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-1135	1,473	97	15.1	23.4%	986 (66.9%)	106 (7.2%)	266 (18.1%)	47 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (4.5%)	$8,218			$157			$8,061	84	83.8	82	1
130111003312	84	Creekland Middle School	Public	6-8	1555 Owens Store Rd	Canton	30115	Cherokee County	Cherokee County	No	No	No	No	(770) 704-4460	1,511	92	16.4	15.7%	1,247 (82.5%)	49 (3.2%)	149 (9.9%)	13 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	50 (3.3%)	$7,965			$180			$7,785	83.6	84.8	77	7
130288003661	85	Mossy Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Danny Carpenter Dr	Kathleen	31047	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(478) 988-6171	741	50	14.7	36.3%	415 (56.0%)	190 (25.6%)	55 (7.4%)	29 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (7.0%)	$10,611			$539			$10,072	83	86.6	69	16
130414001808	86	Pierce County Middle School	Public	6-8	5216 County Farm Rd	Blackshear	31516	Pierce County	Pierce County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 449-2077	827	57	14.5	67.1%	640 (77.4%)	62 (7.5%)	77 (9.3%)	4 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.2%)	$8,690			$395			$8,295	82.9	84.2	81	5
130255001115	87	Trickum Middle School	Public	6-8	130 Killian Hill Rd SW	Lilburn	30047	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(770) 921-2705	2,148	130	16.5	52.5%	469 (21.8%)	517 (24.1%)	631 (29.4%)	431 (20.1%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	94 (4.4%)	$7,885			$247			$7,638	82.9	83.3	84	3
130174000656	88	DeKalb Elementary School of the Arts	Public	K-8	3131 Old Rockbridge Rd	Avondale Estates	30002	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-1302	582	42	13.8	56.0%	38 (6.5%)	503 (86.4%)	15 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.1%)	$10,804			$627			$10,178	82.9	80.8	94	6
130023604192	89	Scintilla Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-9	2171 E Park Ave	Valdosta	31602	Lowndes County	State Specialty Schools I- Scintilla Charter Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(229) 244-5750	721	57	12.6	41.1%	398 (55.2%)	220 (30.5%)	43 (6.0%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (7.4%)	$7,821			$999			$6,822	82.7	87.1	68	21
130294001696	90	West Jackson Middle School	Public	6-8	400 Gum Springs Church Rd	Jefferson	30549	Jackson County	Jackson County	No	No	No	No	(706) 654-2775	1,502	99	15.2	28.2%	925 (61.6%)	122 (8.1%)	291 (19.4%)	71 (4.7%)	8 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	84 (5.6%)	$8,516			$188			$8,328	82.6	71.9	136	46

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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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