Best Middle Schools in Georgia

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 584)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
101	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	649	46	14.1	45.1%	472 (72.7%)	93 (14.3%)	47 (7.2%)	12 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.7%)	$12,114			$463			$11,651	80.1	84.4	81	20		130447002428
102	Bleckley Middle School	Public	6-8	590 Ga Highway 26 E	Cochran	31014	Bleckley County	Bleckley County	No	No	No	Yes	(478) 934-7270	550	42	13	85.3%	371 (67.5%)	125 (22.7%)	27 (4.9%)	6 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.6%)	$12,589			$821			$11,769	80.1	75.1	124	22		130044000254
103	Elkins Pointe Middle School	Public	6-8	11290 Elkins Rd	Roswell	30076	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-2892	857	69	12.4	51.0%	302 (35.2%)	106 (12.4%)	391 (45.6%)	32 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.0%)	$17,016			$750			$16,265	79.9	76.8	118	15		130228002492
104	New Hope Middle School	Public	6-8	1111 New Hope Rd NW	Dalton	30720	Whitfield County	Whitfield County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 673-2295	454	35	12.8	86.6%	212 (46.7%)	10 (2.2%)	210 (46.3%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.6%)	$14,222			$809			$13,413	79.8	77.7	111	7		130570003465
105	McCleskey Middle School	Public	6-8	4080 Maybreeze Rd	Marietta	30066	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(770) 928-5560	540	43	12.5	46.7%	265 (49.1%)	85 (15.7%)	143 (26.5%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.2%)	$18,163			$370			$17,793	79.2	78.6	109	4		130129001926
106	Museum School Avondale Estates	Public, Charter	K-8	3191 Covington Hwy	Avondale Estates	30002	DeKalb County	DeKalb County	Yes	No	No	No	(404) 292-9760	588	45	13	36.2%	290 (49.3%)	197 (33.5%)	43 (7.3%)	20 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.3%)	$18,904			$87			$18,817	79.1	76.8	117	11		130174004039
107	Pine Grove Middle School	Public	6-8	4159 River Rd	Valdosta	31605	Lowndes County	Lowndes County	No	No	No	No	(229) 219-3234	733	59	12.3	71.5%	331 (45.2%)	234 (31.9%)	101 (13.8%)	13 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (7.2%)	$12,925			$587			$12,338	79.1	84.6	80	27		130339003904
108	Liberty Middle School	Public	6-8	7465 Wallace Tatum Rd	Cumming	30028	Forsyth County	Forsyth County	No	No	No	No	(770) 781-4889	1,256	74	16.8	21.7%	699 (55.7%)	40 (3.2%)	180 (14.3%)	297 (23.6%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	35 (2.8%)	$11,582			$203			$11,378	78.8	74.5	128	20		130222002559
109	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	951	61	15.5	34.1%	593 (62.4%)	93 (9.8%)	177 (18.6%)	40 (4.2%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (4.7%)	$11,296			$277			$11,019	78.8	82.6	90	19		130294001696
110	Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	Public, Charter	K-8	714 Lovell Ave	Tybee Island	31328	Chatham County	Savannah-Chatham County	Yes	No	No	No	(912) 395-4060	432	35	12.5	33.1%	361 (83.6%)	24 (5.6%)	18 (4.2%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.6%)	$15,748			$297			$15,451	78.7	65.8	175	65		130102004117

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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 August 15, 2025, 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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