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)
130126000504	321	Clinch County High School	Public	8-12	1 Panther Way	Homerville	31634	Clinch County	Clinch County	No	No	No	No	(912) 487-5366	426	30	14.2	74.4%	227 (53.3%)	146 (34.3%)	21 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.6%)	$11,002			$357			$10,644	42.4	32.5	391	70
130135003321	322	Coffee Middle School	Public	6-8	901 Connector 206 N	Douglas	31533	Coffee County	Coffee County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 720-1011	1,679	112	14.9	96.4%	716 (42.6%)	503 (30.0%)	364 (21.7%)	15 (0.9%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (4.5%)	$8,404			$823			$7,581	41.6	41.6	322
130255001910	323	Shiloh Middle School	Public	6-8	4285 Shiloh Rd	Snellville	30039	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 972-3224	1,738	115	15	75.2%	77 (4.4%)	1,058 (60.9%)	463 (26.6%)	62 (3.6%)	5 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	71 (4.1%)	$8,735			$761			$7,973	41.6	34.7	373	50
130129000536	324	East Cobb Middle School	Public	6-8	825 Terrell Mill Rd	Marietta	30067	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 578-2740	1,334	80	16.6	57.3%	252 (18.9%)	544 (40.8%)	432 (32.4%)	50 (3.7%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (3.9%)	$8,448			$538			$7,910	41.5	46.6	283	41
130543001779	325	Ware County Middle School	Public	6-8	2301 Cherokee St	Waycross	31503	Ware County	Ware County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 287-2341	783	58	13.4	80.3%	412 (52.6%)	246 (31.4%)	65 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (7.5%)	$8,762			$700			$8,061	41.3	39.1	340	15
130539000031	326	Carver Middle School	Public	6-8	1095 Good Hope Rd	Monroe	30655	Walton County	Walton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 267-6000	801	56	14.2	58.7%	364 (45.4%)	310 (38.7%)	69 (8.6%)	18 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	39 (4.9%)	$9,226			$783			$8,443	41.3	41.2	326
130402001786	327	J. A. Dobbins Middle School	Public	6-8	637 Williams Lake Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-4835	532	41	12.9	60.9%	164 (30.8%)	206 (38.7%)	123 (23.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	34 (6.4%)	$10,437			$360			$10,077	41.2	47.4	278	49
130022604023	328	Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc	Public, Charter	K-8	1807 Memorial Dr SE	Atlanta	30317	DeKalb County	State Specialty Schools I- Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(404) 622-2727	450	35	12.8	79.1%	1 (0.2%)	414 (92.0%)	20 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	$9,875			$1,316			$8,560	41.2	33	386	58
130261002327	329	Chestatee Middle School	Public	6-8	2740 Fran Mar Dr	Gainesville	30506	Hall County	Hall County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 297-6270	895	69	12.9	60.0%	391 (43.7%)	19 (2.1%)	471 (52.6%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.0%)	$9,365			$493			$8,873	40.8	39.2	339	10
130186002547	330	Yeager Middle School	Public	6-8	4000 Kings Hwy	Douglasville	30135	Douglas County	Douglas County	No	No	No	No	(770) 651-5600	542	39	14	70.3%	88 (16.2%)	275 (50.7%)	146 (26.9%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.2%)	$10,042			$495			$9,548	40.7	45.3	293	37

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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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