Summary
Morrow Middle School is a public middle school in Morrow, Georgia, serving 762 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Clayton County School District, which is ranked 173 out of 206 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Morrow Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Georgia middle schools over the past several years.
Academically, Morrow Middle School underperforms compared to the Clayton County and Georgia state averages on the Milestones Assessments across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts ranged from 20.1% to 23.2% at Morrow Middle School, compared to 23.4% to 24.9% for Clayton County and 39.8% to 41.3% for the state. The performance gap is even more pronounced in mathematics, where Morrow Middle School's proficiency rates ranged from 16.9% to 30.5%, compared to 16.1% to 26.3% for Clayton County and 37.3% to 47% for the state. Additionally, Morrow Middle School has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 88.58% to 90.5% in recent years, which is significantly higher than the state average.
When comparing Morrow Middle School to other nearby schools in the Clayton County district, it becomes clear that Morrow is one of the lower-performing schools in the area. For example, M.D. Roberts Middle School and Adamson Middle School both outperform Morrow Middle School on the Milestones Assessments, with higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics. The variability in per-student spending at Morrow Middle School, ranging from $2,043 to $8,765, does not seem to correlate with improvements in academic performance, suggesting that factors beyond just funding, such as instructional practices, teacher quality, and school leadership, may be more significant drivers of student outcomes.
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