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Middle Schools in Fulton County


At a glance
DistrictFulton County48th of 202 Georgia districtsFull district overview →
20
Schools
18,441
Students
7
5-star schools
Top rankedWebb Bridge Middle School2nd of 578 Georgia middle schools
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Biggest riser
Holcomb Bridge Middle School up 64 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Haynes Bridge Middle School 10.8 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
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Summary:

Fulton County is home to 20 middle schools serving grades 6-8 (with one exception, KIPP South Fulton Academy, which serves grades 5-8), and the district ranks 47th out of 201 in Georgia with a 4-star rating. The county presents a striking contrast: a cluster of elite, nationally-ranked schools in the north and a group of struggling schools in the south, with very few performing in the middle.

For parents, the standout story is the exceptional performance of the northern schools. Webb Bridge Middle School (ranked #2 in the state) and River Trail Middle School (#3) lead the pack, followed closely by Autrey Mill Middle School (#8), Taylor Road Middle School (#12), Hopewell Middle School (#13), Northwestern Middle School (#17), and Crabapple Middle School (#19). These seven schools all earn 5-star ratings and post remarkable Algebra I proficiency rates—Webb Bridge, River Trail, and Taylor Road hit 100%. In stark contrast, Woodland Middle School ranks 523rd in the state with a 0-star rating, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 43.5% is the highest in the dataset—more than 2.4 times the district average of 16.6%.

The single strongest predictor of success is attendance. The top seven schools all have chronic absenteeism below 8.2%, while the bottom five (Woodland, Paul D. West, Camp Creek, Renaissance, and McNair) all exceed 25%. Notably, KIPP South Fulton Academy defies the odds—despite serving a 100% free/reduced lunch population, it ranks in the 63rd percentile (3 stars), outperforming other high-poverty schools by wide margins. Meanwhile, Sandtown Middle School shows resilience as the only school with a mid-range poverty rate (62.5%) achieving a 3-star rating. Spending does not predict outcomes: the two lowest-spending schools (Autrey Mill at $15,070 and Hopewell at $15,284) are top-13 performers, while the highest-spending school (KIPP at $21,172) sits in the bottom half.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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