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)
130129000541	211	Tapp Middle School	Public	6-8	3900 Macedonia Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 222-3758	873	59	14.8	65.9%	65 (7.4%)	513 (58.8%)	239 (27.4%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.6%)	$8,621			$550			$8,071	59.7	62.4	191	20
130099004016	212	Bethune Middle School	Public	5-8	285 Little Phoebe Church Rd	Folkston	31537	Charlton County	Charlton County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 496-2360	563	40	14.1	75.7%	323 (57.4%)	179 (31.8%)	14 (2.5%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.3%)	$8,949			$807			$8,142	59.6	41.5	323	111
130222003355	213	Little Mill Middle School	Public	6-8	6800 Little Mill Rd	Cumming	30041	Forsyth County	Forsyth County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 965-5000	915	56	16.3	28.9%	667 (72.9%)	13 (1.4%)	184 (20.1%)	12 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.0%)	$9,552			$611			$8,942	59.4	54.3	231	18
130129000566	214	Awtrey Middle School	Public	6-8	3601 Nowlin Rd NW	Kennesaw	30144	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(770) 975-6615	626	44	14.3	38.7%	211 (33.7%)	223 (35.6%)	127 (20.3%)	25 (4.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.2%)	$9,629			$270			$9,360	59	59.4	205	9
130399001467	215	Oglethorpe County Middle School	Public	6-8	270 Buddy Faust Rd	Crawford	30630	Oglethorpe County	Oglethorpe County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 743-8146	517	40	12.8	58.8%	325 (62.9%)	94 (18.2%)	60 (11.6%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.2%)	$10,420			$293			$10,128	59	63.4	184	31
130567001813	216	White County Middle School	Public	6-8	283 Old Blairsville Rd	Cleveland	30528	White County	White County	No	No	No	No	(706) 865-4060	858	61	14.1	52.3%	734 (85.5%)	13 (1.5%)	62 (7.2%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.0%)	$8,566			$255			$8,310	58.9	62.8	189	27
130219000937	217	Coosa High School	Public	8-12	4454 Alabama Hwy NW	Rome	30165	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 236-1870	846	52	16.2	59.2%	496 (58.6%)	79 (9.3%)	225 (26.6%)	7 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.4%)	$11,674			$511			$11,164	58.9	63.4	185	32
130189001729	218	East Laurens Middle School	Public	6-8	930 US Highway 80 E	Dublin	31027	Laurens County	Laurens County	No	No	No	Yes	(478) 272-1201	552	39	14.2	84.8%	276 (50.0%)	221 (40.0%)	35 (6.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.3%)	$9,785			$727			$9,058	58.9	58.4	216	2
130351001339	219	Marietta Middle School	Public	7-8	121 Winn St NW	Marietta	30064	Cobb County	Marietta City	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 422-0311	1,316	97	13.5	62.3%	246 (18.7%)	470 (35.7%)	517 (39.3%)	19 (1.4%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (4.6%)	$11,049			$537			$10,512	58.6	43.8	304	85
130174001589	220	Druid Hills Middle School	Public	6-8	3100 Mount Olive Dr	Decatur	30033	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-7602	956	72	13.2	46.4%	248 (25.9%)	413 (43.2%)	149 (15.6%)	89 (9.3%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	51 (5.3%)	$12,361			$595			$11,766	58.4	63.2	186	34

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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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