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)
130228001928	41	Crabapple Middle School	Public	6-8	10900 Woodstock Rd.	Roswell	30075	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-4520	871	66	13.2	12.9%	598 (68.7%)	110 (12.6%)	102 (11.7%)	18 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (4.8%)	$10,399			$150			$10,249	93.6	93.2	43	2
130222004228	42	DeSana Middle School	Public	6-8	625 James Road	Alpharetta	30004	Fulton County	Forsyth County	No	No	No	No	(770) 667-2591	1,215	69	17.5	17.9%	302 (24.9%)	118 (9.7%)	224 (18.4%)	531 (43.7%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (2.6%)	$8,430			$133			$8,297	93.4	93.9	39	3
130222002261	43	Vickery Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	6240 Post Rd	Cumming	30040	Forsyth County	Forsyth County	No	No	No	No	(770) 667-2580	1,022	58	17.5	9.1%	553 (54.1%)	42 (4.1%)	124 (12.1%)	245 (24.0%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (5.4%)	$7,602			$133			$7,469	93.2	93.5	40	3
130339001313	44	Hahira Middle School	Public	6-8	101 S Nelson St	Hahira	31632	Lowndes County	Lowndes County	No	No	No	No	(229) 316-8601	859	56	15.2	32.1%	591 (68.8%)	148 (17.2%)	54 (6.3%)	17 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.4%)	$7,597			$249			$7,348	93.2	95	34	10
130102002152	45	Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts	Public	PK, KG-8	649 W Jones St	Savannah	31401	Chatham County	Savannah-Chatham County	No	No	No	No	(912) 395-5975	766	65	11.7	42.8%	236 (30.8%)	366 (47.8%)	67 (8.7%)	27 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	67 (8.7%)	$10,592			$244			$10,347	92.9	86.5	70	25
130255003870	46	Bay Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	821 Cooper Rd	Grayson	30017	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(678) 344-7570	1,330	81	16.4	52.0%	160 (12.0%)	823 (61.9%)	197 (14.8%)	77 (5.8%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (5.3%)	$8,299			$242			$8,056	92.6	89.5	54	8
130129003632	47	McClure Middle School	Public	6-8	3660 Old Stilesboro Rd NW	Kennesaw	30152	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 331-8131	991	65	15.3	24.7%	568 (57.3%)	176 (17.8%)	152 (15.3%)	50 (5.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.4%)	$8,987			$194			$8,793	92.3	87.3	65	18
130222004417	48	Hendricks Middle School	Public	6-8	4950 Hyde Rd	Cumming	30040	Forsyth County	Forsyth County	No	No	No	No	(678) 965-5038	1,346	70	19.1	9.8%	758 (56.3%)	64 (4.8%)	172 (12.8%)	299 (22.2%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (3.8%)								92.3	88.5	57	9
130255003388	49	Jones Middle School	Public	6-8	3575 Ridge Rd	Buford	30519	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(770) 904-5450	1,562	92	17	35.7%	488 (31.2%)	405 (25.9%)	311 (19.9%)	283 (18.1%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	70 (4.5%)	$9,689			$228			$9,461	91.7	92.7	46	3
130012004145	50	Atlanta Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3260 Northside Dr NW	Atlanta	30305	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	Yes	No	No	No	(404) 369-3500	678	61	11.1	9.1%	474 (69.9%)	89 (13.1%)	62 (9.1%)	12 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.8%)	$10,288			$86			$10,202	91.6	92.8	45	5

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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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