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North Clayton Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

473^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 578 Georgia Middle Schools

Better than 18% of Georgia middle schools

Summary

North Clayton Middle School in College Park, GA, serves 817 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 has held a 1-star rating for the past decade, ranking in the 18th percentile statewide (473rd out of 578 Georgia middle schools) in 2025-2026.

The standout story at North Clayton is its Algebra I performance. In 2025-2026, an impressive 73.8% of students scored proficient or better on the Algebra I Milestones assessment—more than double the district average (31%) and well above the state average (48.1%). This represents a remarkable three-year climb from 30.8% proficiency in 2022-2023. The school also shows strong results for English Language Learners, ranking in the 61st percentile statewide (3 stars) for that subgroup. Chronic absenteeism, while still high at 23.9%, has improved significantly from 31.5% in 2021-2022 and remains below the district average. However, standard grade-level math tells a different story: 6th graders (15.4% proficient) and 8th graders (19.5%) lag district averages, while 7th graders (25.8%) actually meet the district average. Special Education students face notable challenges, ranking in the 12th percentile statewide.

Compared to nearby schools, North Clayton sits in the middle of the pack. Babb Middle School (5.4 miles away) ranks higher overall (36th percentile) with stronger standard math scores, while Riverdale Middle School (3.7 miles away) ranks lower (15th percentile) but has slightly lower chronic absenteeism. Interestingly, several Fulton County schools—including Woodland Middle School and Camp Creek Middle School—perform similarly or worse on key metrics despite their district's stronger reputation. With per-student spending of $14,224 and a student-teacher ratio of 17.7, North Clayton appears to be building momentum through its advanced math pathway and ELL supports, even as foundational math and science instruction remain areas for growth.

817

Students ?

17.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,224

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

5517 W Fayetteville Rd
College Park, GA 30349

(770) 994-4025

District: Clayton County

Students who attend North Clayton Middle School usually attend:

High:

North Clayton High School

Feeder schools for North Clayton Middle School:

Elementary:	Northcutt Elementary School
	West Clayton Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

82.5%

Hispanic:

11.8%

Two or more races:

3.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 20th percentile in 2016 → 18th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (21% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 23 pts below the Georgia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school21%

District avg25%

Georgia avg43%

473^rd of 578

Georgia public middle schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^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	18.7	473 of 578	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	19.3	473 of 585	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	486 of 578	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	468 of 569	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.3	474 of 558	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.2	435 of 542	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	474 of 559	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.5	456 of 543	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	20.3	441 of 539	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	20.5	436 of 545	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.2	448 of 537	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	27.3	437 of 521	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.9	434 of 527	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	21.1	445 of 508	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	18.7	453 of 504	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.6	428 of 494	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	30.8	379 of 466	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	18.0	416 of 462	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	25.2	384 of 445	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	19.9	377 of 420	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	30.1	335 of 480	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	29.1	351 of 494	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.5	336 of 489	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.4	314 of 485	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.9	339 of 482	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	45.3	64 of 166	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	44.2	85 of 199	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.8	152 of 200	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	164 of 166	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	34.5	111 of 157	29.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	16.6	463 of 550	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.7	477 of 567	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.5	480 of 558	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	469 of 553	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	451 of 544	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	24.2	306 of 374	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	27.7	307 of 400	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.2	299 of 381	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.6	326 of 380	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	336 of 367	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	19.2	453 of 550	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.6	449 of 569	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.9	468 of 561	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	453 of 559	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	486 of 553	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	19.9	375 of 425	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.6	422 of 442	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	350 of 437	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.8	385 of 429	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	389 of 431	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2026)61st percentile+43 vs school

African American (2026)30th percentile+12 vs school

Hispanic (2026)18th percentile~ school

Male (2026)18th percentile~ school

Female (2026)16th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)12th percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I74%+26 vs state

HS Physical Science49%-12 vs state

Mathematics20%-23 vs state

Social Studies19%-21 vs state

Science11%-19 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Need to be more organized -
Need to give out trophies to kids with the highest test scores.
Need a contest for prize winning in different subjects. Place kids that test range meet to compete. This will help kids to study more after school and while in school. Close Quote

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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 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th 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
North Clayton Middle School	Public	6-8	5517 W Fayetteville Rd	College Park	30349	Fulton County	Clayton County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 994-4025	817	46	17.7	100.0%	4 (0.5%)	674 (82.5%)	96 (11.8%)	7 (0.9%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	29 (3.5%)	18.7	473^rd of 578 public middle schools	18.2%		19.3	473^rd of 585 public middle schools	19.1%		73.8		15.4	25.8	19.5		10.7	19.1	48.7	$14,224	$1,453	$12,771
McNair Middle School	Public	6-8	2800 Burdett Rd	College Park	30349	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-4160	727	55	13.2	100.0%	2 (0.3%)	657 (90.4%)	52 (7.2%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.7%)	16.4	493^rd of 578 public middle schools	14.7%		17.9	486^th of 585 public middle schools	16.9%	7	93.1		21.0	19.5	21.1		8.2	9.3	60.7	$20,024	$2,073	$17,951
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
Liberation Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	1743 Hardin Ave	College Park	30337	Fulton County	State Specialty Schools II- Liberation Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(470) 816-4910	132	10	13.2	97.7%	0 (0.0%)	127 (96.2%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7.2	561^st of 578 public middle schools	2.9%		14.1	525^th of 585 public middle schools	10.3%	36			7.4	11.6	8.0		6.0	0.0		$17,493	$1,005	$16,488
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
Woodland Middle School	Public	6-8	2745 Stone Rd	East Point	30344	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-2182	937	60	15.6	100.0%	7 (0.7%)	827 (88.3%)	73 (7.8%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	22 (2.3%)	13	523^rd of 578 public middle schools	9.5%		16.1	501^st of 585 public middle schools	14.4%	22	72.2		8.7	11.2	18.3		11.7	18.3	30.6	$15,048	$1,171	$13,877
Resurgence Hall Middle Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	1706 Washington Road	Atlanta	30344	Fulton County	State Specialty Schools II- Resurgence Hall Middle Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(404) 549-9246	209	17	12.2	75.6%	1 (0.5%)	204 (97.6%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	73.8	138^th of 578 public middle schools	76.1%		94.8	37^th of 585 public middle schools	93.7%	101		75.0	53.3	73.1	82.7	73.8	47.2	5.7		$13,202	$784	$12,417
KIPP South Fulton Academy School	Public, Charter	5-8	1286 Washington Rd	Atlanta	30344	Fulton County	Fulton County	Yes	No	No	Yes	(678) 278-0160	382	33	11.5	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	335 (87.7%)	40 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	58.7	211^th of 578 public middle schools	63.5%		67.3	156^th of 585 public middle schools	73.3%	55	84.6	36.7	30.9	43.2	64.2	47.5		59.0	46.9	$21,172	$535	$20,637
Camp Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	4345 Welcome All Rd SW	College Park	30349	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-8030	748	55	13.6	100.0%	4 (0.5%)	631 (84.4%)	100 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.3%)	23.1	443^rd of 578 public middle schools	23.4%		28.7	418^th of 585 public middle schools	28.5%	25	69.8		13.7	18.0	34.1		15.9	20.7	71.4	$18,564	$1,235	$17,330
Crawford Long Middle School	Public	6-8	3200 Latona Dr SW	Atlanta	30354	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-4800	627	58	10.8	100.0%	2 (0.3%)	544 (86.8%)	73 (11.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	15.5	501^st of 578 public middle schools	13.3%		10.8	549^th of 585 public middle schools	6.2%	48			15.4	18.7	21.3		13.7	9.1		$28,197	$2,411	$25,785

Frequently Asked Questions about North Clayton Middle School

How many students attend North Clayton Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 817 students attended North Clayton Middle School.

What high school do graduates of North Clayton Middle School attend?

Students who attend North Clayton Middle School usually go on to attend North Clayton High School

What district is North Clayton Middle School in?

Clayton County

What is the racial makeup of North Clayton Middle School?

Students at North Clayton Middle School are 82% African American, 12% Hispanic, 4% Two or more races.

Is North Clayton Middle School a good school?

North Clayton Middle School ranks in the bottom 18.2% of Georgia middle schools.

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