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Forest Park Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

543^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 578 Georgia Middle Schools

Better than 6% of Georgia middle schools

Summary

Forest Park Middle School in Morrow, GA, serves 593 students in grades 6-8 as part of the Clayton County School District, where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

The school's most notable strength is its Algebra I program. In the most recent testing year, 80% of students scored proficient or above—more than double the district average of 31% and well above the state's 48.1%. This is a remarkable achievement, especially when compared to nearby schools like Morrow Middle School and Babb Middle School. However, this success does not extend to grade-level math. Proficiency rates in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math range from just 10.5% to 14.2%, which is 30-32 points below state averages. The school also struggles in 8th-grade science (9.3% proficient) and social studies (8.9% proficient), both roughly one-third of state averages. It's worth noting that English Language Arts scores are not yet available for this year; they will be released in December.

There are some encouraging trends. Chronic absenteeism has dropped from 37.1% to 25.2% over three years, now below the district average of 28%. The student-teacher ratio has also improved to 12.8:1, and per-student spending has increased 54% to $16,874. Still, the school ranks in the bottom 6% of Georgia middle schools, and nearby schools like Rex Mill Middle School and Adamson Middle School outperform it in most subjects. The gap between the school's exceptional Algebra I results and its low grade-level math scores suggests that strategies used in the advanced math program could potentially be applied more broadly to help all students succeed.

593

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,874

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2299 Old Rex Marrow Road
Morrow, GA 30260

(770) 472-2817

District: Clayton County

Students who attend Forest Park Middle School usually attend:

High:

Forest Park High School

Feeder schools for Forest Park Middle School:

Elementary:	Edmonds Elementary School
	Huie Elementary School
	Unidos Dual Language School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

47.7%

Hispanic:

46.4%

Two or more races:

2.9%

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Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2016 → 6th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (12% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (25% vs 18% Georgia)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school12%

District avg24%

Georgia avg42%

543^rd of 578

Georgia public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 10 pts since 2016

From bottom 16% (2016) to bottom 6% (2026)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 15Middle Schools in the Clayton County

163^rd of 201Clayton County among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	10.3	543 of 578	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.1	553 of 585	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	550 of 578	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.7	543 of 569	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.8	540 of 558	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.8	482 of 542	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.0	514 of 559	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	487 of 543	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	10.3	505 of 539	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	16.3	456 of 545	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.3	446 of 537	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	28.6	432 of 521	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	28.1	433 of 527	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	43.0	350 of 508	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	35.1	375 of 504	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	45.6	309 of 494	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	50.1	261 of 466	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	36.6	348 of 462	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	16.9	409 of 445	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	13.4	396 of 420	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	20.2	405 of 480	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	13.2	476 of 494	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.5	452 of 489	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.6	465 of 485	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.6	462 of 482	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	19.3	163 of 166	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	24.9	181 of 199	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	29.3	168 of 200	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	156 of 166	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.7	155 of 157	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	10.3	520 of 550	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.4	546 of 567	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.6	525 of 558	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	530 of 553	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.0	532 of 544	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	7.3	367 of 374	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.9	385 of 400	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	369 of 381	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.4	373 of 380	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.4	364 of 367	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	9.6	521 of 550	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.7	536 of 569	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	534 of 561	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.5	544 of 559	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.1	539 of 553	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	17.0	398 of 425	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.0	438 of 442	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	414 of 437	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	417 of 429	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	25.8	351 of 431	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)16th percentile+10 vs school

Special Education (2026)6th percentile~ school

Female (2026)5th percentile~ school

Male (2026)5th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)2nd percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)2nd percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I80%+32 vs state

Mathematics12%-31 vs state

Science9%-20 vs state

Social Studies9%-31 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2026)	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Forest Park Middle School	Public	6-8	2299 Old Rex Marrow Road	Morrow	30260	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 472-2817	593	46	12.8	100.0%	10 (1.7%)	283 (47.7%)	275 (46.4%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.9%)	10.3	543^rd of 578 public middle schools	6.1%		10.1	553^rd of 585 public middle schools	5.5%	10	80.0	10.5	11.0	14.2	9.3	8.9		$16,874	$1,796	$15,078
Morrow Middle School	Public	6-8	5934 Trammell Rd	Morrow	30260	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 473-2700	794	55	14.4	100.0%	12 (1.5%)	419 (52.8%)	246 (31.0%)	85 (10.7%)	9 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (2.9%)	29.8	399^th of 578 public middle schools	31.0%		24	443^rd of 585 public middle schools	24.3%	44		17.7	26.5	30.0	25.6	25.2		$16,016	$1,420	$14,596
Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School	Public	6-8	2750 Forest Parkway	Ellenwood	30294	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(470) 446-1070	315	21	15.0	79.0%	1 (0.3%)	278 (88.3%)	28 (8.9%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	16.7	490^th of 578 public middle schools	15.2%					(n/a)		14.7	21.5	20.5	15.7	10.8		$19,019	$148	$18,871
Adamson Middle School	Public	6-8	3187 Rex Rd	Rex	30273	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 968-2925	509	41	12.4	100.0%	5 (1.0%)	357 (70.1%)	126 (24.8%)	12 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.8%)	29.5	403^rd of 578 public middle schools	30.3%		22	457^th of 585 public middle schools	21.9%	54		20.0	23.4	25.2	26.9	26.9		$17,670	$1,864	$15,806
Rex Mill Middle School	Public	6-8	6380 Evans Dr	Rex	30273	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 960-6559	904	65	13.9	100.0%	19 (2.1%)	620 (68.6%)	219 (24.2%)	14 (1.5%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.0%)	31.3	392^nd of 578 public middle schools	32.2%		30.6	406^th of 585 public middle schools	30.6%	14	100.0	22.5	30.4	31.9	21.3	23.2	78.6	$15,893	$1,619	$14,274
Babb Middle School	Public	6-8	5500 Reynolds Rd	Forest Park	30297	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 362-3880	881	56	15.7	100.0%	14 (1.6%)	274 (31.1%)	505 (57.3%)	63 (7.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (2.6%)	33.6	371^st of 578 public middle schools	35.8%		26.5	430^th of 585 public middle schools	26.5%	59	100.0	30.0	28.6	36.4	20.3	23.6		$15,118	$1,587	$13,531
Sequoyah Middle School	Public	6-8	95 Valley Hill Rd SW	Riverdale	30274	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 515-7524	765	50	15.3	100.0%	10 (1.3%)	477 (62.4%)	230 (30.1%)	19 (2.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.1%)	21.5	453^rd of 578 public middle schools	21.6%		15.7	506^th of 585 public middle schools	13.5%	53		17.0	20.9	28.2	20.4	13.6		$15,526	$1,801	$13,725
M. D. Roberts Middle School	Public	6-8	1905 Walt Stephens Rd	Jonesboro	30236	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 479-0100	894	64	13.9	100.0%	23 (2.6%)	675 (75.5%)	139 (15.5%)	21 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	34 (3.8%)	37.8	343^rd of 578 public middle schools	40.7%		41.8	322^nd of 585 public middle schools	45.0%	21	74.0	30.4	38.1	31.5	6.5	40.7	37.0	$15,938	$1,386	$14,552
Jonesboro Middle School	Public	6-8	1308 Arnold St	Jonesboro	30236	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 610-4331	895	60	14.9	100.0%	18 (2.0%)	560 (62.6%)	278 (31.1%)	12 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (2.7%)	13.1	522^nd of 578 public middle schools	9.7%		13.8	529^th of 585 public middle schools	9.6%	7		11.1	21.0	16.2	10.9	7.8		$15,502	$1,677	$13,825
Riverdale Middle School	Public	6-8	400 Roberts Dr	Riverdale	30274	Clayton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 994-4045	560	42	13.3	100.0%	3 (0.5%)	406 (72.5%)	115 (20.5%)	15 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.2%)	16.5	492^nd of 578 public middle schools	14.9%		13	539^th of 585 public middle schools	7.9%	47		20.4	18.4	17.0	16.5	9.1	36.4	$16,623	$1,781	$14,842

Frequently Asked Questions about Forest Park Middle School

How many students attend Forest Park Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 593 students attended Forest Park Middle School.

Is Forest Park Middle School a good school?

Forest Park Middle School ranks in the bottom 6.1% of Georgia middle schools.

What district is Forest Park Middle School in?

Clayton County

What is the racial makeup of Forest Park Middle School?

Students at Forest Park Middle School are 48% African American, 46% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% White, 1% Asian.

What high school do graduates of Forest Park Middle School attend?

Students who attend Forest Park Middle School usually go on to attend Forest Park High School

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