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Bear Creek Middle School

Q: Is Bear Creek Middle School a good school?

Bear Creek Middle School ranks 353 rd of 578 Georgia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Q: How many students attend Bear Creek Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 971 students attended Bear Creek Middle School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Bear Creek Middle School?

Students at Bear Creek Middle School are 85% African American, 10% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

Q: What high school do graduates of Bear Creek Middle School attend?

Students who attend Bear Creek Middle School usually go on to attend Creekside High School

Public Grades 6-8

353^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 578 Georgia Middle Schools

Better than 39% of Georgia middle schools

Summary

Bear Creek Middle School in Fairburn, GA, serves 971 students in grades 6 through 8 within the Fulton County School District, where 100% of students receive free or reduced lunch. The school has shown a clear upward trajectory over the past several years, climbing from the bottom quartile of Georgia middle schools to the 39th percentile in the 2025-2026 school year—its highest ranking in recent history.

The most striking success at Bear Creek is its Algebra I program. In the 2025-2026 school year, 82.9% of students scored proficient or better on the End of Course assessment, far exceeding the district average of 60.6% and the state average of 48.1%. This performance has improved steadily from 44.9% in 2022-2023. The school also serves its African American students exceptionally well, with this subgroup ranking in the 65th percentile statewide. Additionally, chronic absenteeism has plummeted from 32.6% in 2021-2022 to just 14.5% in 2025-2026—now below both the district (16.6%) and state (17.7%) averages. This improvement is especially notable when compared to nearby Camp Creek Middle School (32.5%) and McNair Middle School (25.3%).

However, the school faces a significant challenge in standard grade-level math. While Algebra I scores are a standout, proficiency in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math hovers around 28-29%—roughly 20-25 points below the district average. This suggests the school excels at accelerating top students but struggles with the broader population. Science scores show promise, more than doubling from 10.9% to 22.3% proficiency over two years. Compared to its Fulton County peers with similar demographics, Bear Creek's 39th percentile ranking places it above McNair (15th) and Camp Creek (23rd), and on par with Renaissance Middle School (36th). The school's overall upward trend indicates its strategies—particularly around attendance—are yielding positive results.

971

Students ?

14.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,653

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7415 Herndon Rd
Fairburn, GA 30213

(470) 254-6080

District: Fulton County

Students who attend Bear Creek Middle School usually attend:

High:

Creekside High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

85.2%

Hispanic:

10.4%

Two or more races:

3.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 14th percentile in 2016 → 39th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 25 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (32% vs 43% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 14 pts below the Georgia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school32%

District avg54%

Georgia avg43%

353^rd of 578

Georgia public middle schools ?

Bottom 39%▲ up 25 pts since 2016

From bottom 14% (2016) to bottom 39% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 20Middle Schools in the Fulton County

48^th of 202Fulton 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	36.4	353 of 578	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.1	381 of 585	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.4	444 of 578	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	444 of 569	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.0	425 of 558	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.7	370 of 542	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.2	461 of 559	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.1	476 of 543	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.8	459 of 539	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	15.2	468 of 545	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.0	437 of 537	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	41.9	366 of 521	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	32.2	414 of 527	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	37.0	380 of 508	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	37.0	364 of 504	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	44.4	320 of 494	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	42.5	316 of 466	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2008	35.3	353 of 462	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	33.6	351 of 445	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	38.9	310 of 420	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	54.6	169 of 480	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	51.1	204 of 494	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.3	269 of 489	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.0	274 of 485	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.9	258 of 482	46.5%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	51.6	58 of 199	70.9%	★★★★☆
2024	32.0	151 of 200	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	34.3	353 of 550	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2025	35.3	361 of 567	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.3	436 of 558	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.3	422 of 553	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.4	408 of 544	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	46.0	178 of 374	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	47.6	189 of 400	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.5	276 of 381	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.1	273 of 380	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	36.5	231 of 367	37.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	36.3	337 of 550	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.9	385 of 569	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.8	427 of 561	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	447 of 559	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	436 of 553	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2022	4.8	159 of 159	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	30.5	291 of 425	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	33.2	292 of 442	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	21.6	387 of 437	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.7	321 of 429	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	391 of 431	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)71st percentile+36 vs school

African American (2026)65th percentile+26 vs school

Hispanic (2026)52nd percentile+13 vs school

Male (2026)39th percentile~ school

Female (2026)36th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2026)32nd percentile-7 vs school

Migrant (2022)<1st percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I83%+35 vs state

HS Physical Science77%+16 vs state

Social Studies34%-6 vs state

Mathematics29%-14 vs state

Science22%-7 vs state

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by a student
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Bear Creek is a very dis-functional school. A lot of bad students, and teachers who are there just to get money. Orientation was a mess 2010-2011 year! Kids put on teams they weren't suppose to be on, kids switching homerooms more than twice, and more. There are so many good students who don't get recognized because there are so much other problems to focus on than acknowledging good students. The counseling is really bad. In my 6th grade year, I was getting bullied. Physically, mentally, and emotionally by 4 boys and all the counselor gave them was silent lunch. I found that quite stupid because what problem can that solve. The counselor didn't even call the parents! Bear Creek is not the best school to send your child. They also haven't made AYP for a long time! 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 (2025)	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
Bear Creek Middle School	Public	6-8	7415 Herndon Rd	Fairburn	30213	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-6080	971	67	14.4	100.0%	6 (0.6%)	827 (85.2%)	101 (10.4%)	4 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (3.0%)	36.4	353^rd of 578 public middle schools	38.9%		34.1	381^st of 585 public middle schools	34.9%	28	82.9	29.2	28.3	28.8	22.3	33.9	76.7	$15,653	$1,329	$14,323
Renaissance Middle School	Public	6-8	7155 Hall Rd	Fairburn	30213	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-4330	977	65	15.0	100.0%	5 (0.5%)	850 (87.0%)	95 (9.7%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (2.3%)	33.9	369^th of 578 public middle schools	36.2%		35.2	373^rd of 585 public middle schools	36.2%	4	78.5	26.5	30.2	24.9	16.7	37.0	74.5	$15,954	$987	$14,967
Flat Rock Middle School	Public	6-8	325 Jenkins Rd	Tyrone	30290	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 969-2830	800	63	12.6	49.3%	120 (15.0%)	458 (57.3%)	144 (18.0%)	30 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (5.8%)	66.1	170^th of 578 public middle schools	70.6%		86.1	71^st of 585 public middle schools	87.9%	99	83.2	42.7	52.1	60.2		64.8	46.6	$15,476	$535	$14,941
Blake Bass Middle School	Public	6-8	500 Shaw Road	Sharpsburg	30277	Coweta County	Coweta County	No	No	No	No	(770) 254-2600	887	53	16.6	30.3%	611 (68.9%)	100 (11.3%)	113 (12.7%)	15 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (5.2%)	93.7	15^th of 578 public middle schools	97.4%		91.2	52^nd of 585 public middle schools	91.1%	37		64.2	68.6	71.5	68.2	68.4		$11,627	$319	$11,308
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
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
Utopian Academy for the Arts Trilith	Public, Charter	6-8	255 Veterans Parkway	Fayetteville	30214	Fayette County	State Specialty Schools I- Utopian Academy for the Arts Tril	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(470) 500-1937	147	10	14.7	53.7%	1 (0.7%)	122 (83.0%)	15 (10.2%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.4%)	23.8	439^th of 578 public middle schools	24.0%		40.8	332^nd of 585 public middle schools	43.2%	107	28.0	23.6	30.8	17.1	15.9	19.3	56.0	$17,457	$147	$17,309
Bennett's Mill Middle School	Public	6-8	210 Lester Rd	Fayetteville	30215	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 716-3982	876	64	13.6	63.5%	121 (13.8%)	499 (57.0%)	140 (16.0%)	48 (5.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	65 (7.4%)	60.9	204^th of 578 public middle schools	64.7%		69.4	152^nd of 585 public middle schools	74.0%	52	81.3	54.3	49.2	51.0		49.0	42.8	$13,986	$605	$13,381
Sandtown Middle School	Public	6-8	5400 Campbellton Rd SW	Atlanta	30331	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-6500	956	64	15.0	62.4%	2 (0.2%)	892 (93.3%)	28 (2.9%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (2.7%)	47.1	282^nd of 578 public middle schools	51.2%		42.6	316^th of 585 public middle schools	46.0%	34	86.0	38.2	27.1	39.9	34.7	31.3	77.1	$16,211	$1,201	$15,010
J.C. Booth Middle School	Public	6-8	250 Stagecoach Road	Peachtree City	30269	Fayette County	Fayette County	No	No	No	No	(770) 631-3240	1,115	71	15.8	24.5%	565 (50.7%)	109 (9.8%)	190 (17.0%)	177 (15.9%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (6.2%)	88.8	52^nd of 578 public middle schools	91.0%		96	23^rd of 585 public middle schools	96.1%	29	100.0	70.3	79.4	83.3		75.3	69.7	$12,453	$218	$12,235

Frequently Asked Questions about Bear Creek Middle School

How many students attend Bear Creek Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 971 students attended Bear Creek Middle School.

What high school do graduates of Bear Creek Middle School attend?

Students who attend Bear Creek Middle School usually go on to attend Creekside High School

Is Bear Creek Middle School a good school?

Bear Creek Middle School ranks 353^rd of 578 Georgia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Bear Creek Middle School in?

Fulton County

What is the racial makeup of Bear Creek Middle School?

Students at Bear Creek Middle School are 85% African American, 10% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.

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