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River Trail Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

3^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 578 Georgia Middle Schools

Better than 99% of Georgia middle schools

Summary

River Trail Middle School in Duluth, GA, serves 1,098 students in grades 6-8 and is part of Fulton County Schools, a district ranked in the top quarter of Georgia. The school has earned a reputation as one of the state's elite middle schools, climbing to #3 out of 578 Georgia middle schools (99th percentile, 5 stars) in the 2025-2026 school year—its highest ranking ever and a steady rise from #13 a decade ago.

Academically, River Trail's performance is exceptional across the board. In mathematics, proficiency rates range from 84-87% in grades 6-8, compared to state averages of roughly 40-46%, and 100% of students taking Algebra I passed the end-of-course exam. Science proficiency (70.5% in 8th grade) and social studies (75.2%) also far exceed state averages by about 40 percentage points. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of just 3.6% is dramatically lower than the district (16.6%) and state (17.7%) averages, a factor that likely supports consistent learning. Notably, River Trail achieves top-tier results across all student subgroups, including English Language Learners (ranked #10 in the state) and Special Education students (ranked #30), demonstrating an equitable approach to education.

Compared to nearby schools, River Trail holds its own against the region's best. Webb Bridge Middle School (6.35 miles away) ranks #2 in the state, and the two schools trade leads in different subjects. North Gwinnett Middle School (4.36 miles away) also posts similar proficiency rates in the 80-90% range. However, the contrast with Radloff Middle School (6.79 miles away) is stark—Radloff ranks #495 and posts math proficiency rates of just 18-22%, a gap of roughly 65 percentage points. River Trail's per-student spending ($15,630) is comparable to nearby schools, yet its outcomes are dramatically better, suggesting that school culture, community engagement, and effective instruction—not just funding—drive its success. With consistent year-over-year improvement in every subject, River Trail is a model of sustained excellence.

1,098

Students ?

13.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,630

Per pupil spending ?

14.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

10795 Rogers Cir
Johns Creek, GA 30097

(470) 254-3860

District: Fulton County

Students who attend River Trail Middle School usually attend:

High:

Northview High School

Feeder schools for River Trail Middle School:

Elementary:	Findley Oaks Elementary School
	Shakerag Elementary School
	Wilson Creek Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

58.6%

White:

17.1%

African American:

11.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 98th percentile in 2016 → 99th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Georgia average (84% vs 44% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of Georgia middle schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Fulton County

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school84%

District avg55%

Georgia avg44%

3^rd of 578

Georgia public middle schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd 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	98.0	3 of 578	99.5%	★★★★★
2025	98.6	10 of 585	98.3%	★★★★★
2024	98.8	9 of 578	98.4%	★★★★★
2023	97.9	13 of 569	97.7%	★★★★★
2022	98.6	8 of 558	98.6%	★★★★★
2021	98.3	7 of 542	98.7%	★★★★★
2019	98.3	9 of 559	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	97.2	13 of 543	97.6%	★★★★★
2017	98.1	10 of 539	98.1%	★★★★★
2016	97.9	11 of 545	98.0%	★★★★★
2015	99.0	4 of 537	99.3%	★★★★★
2014	84.0	21 of 521	96.0%	★★★★★
2013	84.4	19 of 527	96.4%	★★★★★
2012	84.4	24 of 508	95.3%	★★★★★
2011	86.3	14 of 504	97.2%	★★★★★
2010	88.5	8 of 494	98.4%	★★★★★
2009	88.9	8 of 466	98.3%	★★★★★
2008	90.8	9 of 462	98.1%	★★★★★
2007	89.9	8 of 445	98.2%	★★★★★
2006	91.4	5 of 420	98.8%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	93.6	12 of 480	97.5%	★★★★★
2025	96.0	8 of 494	98.4%	★★★★★
2024	95.5	10 of 489	98.0%	★★★★★
2023	93.9	19 of 485	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	96.4	10 of 482	97.9%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	80.1	12 of 89	86.5%	★★★★☆
2025	79.7	12 of 92	87.0%	★★★★☆
2024	81.5	9 of 90	90.0%	★★★★★
2023	80.5	14 of 95	85.3%	★★★★☆
2022	80.3	11 of 89	87.6%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	88.1	10 of 166	94.0%	★★★★★
2025	93.6	6 of 199	97.0%	★★★★★
2024	100.0	1 of 200	99.5%	★★★★★
2023	92.0	7 of 166	95.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	97.2	5 of 550	99.1%	★★★★★
2025	98.2	2 of 567	99.6%	★★★★★
2024	97.9	5 of 558	99.1%	★★★★★
2023	97.0	10 of 553	98.2%	★★★★★
2022	97.3	9 of 544	98.3%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	97.8	2 of 374	99.5%	★★★★★
2025	94.2	14 of 400	96.5%	★★★★★
2024	96.6	10 of 381	97.4%	★★★★★
2023	89.4	27 of 380	92.9%	★★★★★
2022	94.3	13 of 367	96.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	98.0	3 of 550	99.5%	★★★★★
2025	97.9	6 of 569	98.9%	★★★★★
2024	98.6	4 of 561	99.3%	★★★★★
2023	97.2	9 of 559	98.4%	★★★★★
2022	98.7	2 of 553	99.6%	★★★★★

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2022	84.0	19 of 159	88.1%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	95.7	2 of 136	98.5%	★★★★★
2025	95.2	4 of 169	97.6%	★★★★★
2024	89.3	11 of 172	93.6%	★★★★★
2023	85.8	16 of 163	90.2%	★★★★★
2022	73.0	30 of 145	79.3%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	88.0	30 of 425	92.9%	★★★★★
2025	95.5	12 of 442	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	97.6	7 of 437	98.4%	★★★★★
2023	95.9	11 of 429	97.4%	★★★★★
2022	98.5	6 of 431	98.6%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	89.4	16 of 404	96.0%	★★★★★
2025	93.4	11 of 415	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	93.0	10 of 417	97.6%	★★★★★
2023	86.8	39 of 429	90.9%	★★★★★
2022	93.2	12 of 425	97.2%	★★★★★

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)

Hispanic (2026)99th percentile~ school

Male (2026)99th percentile~ school

Female (2026)99th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2026)99th percentile~ school

African American (2026)98th percentile~ school

White (2026)96th percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)94th percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2026)93rd percentile-7 vs school

Migrant (2022)88th percentile-11 vs school

Asian (2026)87th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I100%+52 vs state

HS Physical Science99%+38 vs state

Mathematics86%+43 vs state

Social Studies75%+35 vs state

Science70%+41 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Friday, August 11, 2023

Good school but they seem to care about the social aspect of school only academics. No dances and kids aren’t allowed to set with other students outside their during lunch, and recess I once a week. Academics are important but social skills are equally important. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

This school is in need of diversity from Leadership to Educators. They need to have a strong zero tolerance for bullying and they do not. In a time where students have taken their life for being mistreated/bullied all schools should consider having a plan of action to remove such behaviors. Educators in this school can be impatient and speak disrespectfully to students in front their peers and are often time confrontational with students who cause no issues. They need to have respect from Leaders and Teachers to ALL students. There needs to be a priotiy place on the sense of urgency when bullying, harassing or issues students need discipline occur. While all Teachers need to have the ability to educate this school appears to employ and seek those that are not of a minority background or race. A STRONG change needs to be inserted and investigated into these matters for River Trail Middle School because some of their actions are news worthy Close Quote

by a student
Friday, February 22, 2019

It is a pretty good school with a good quality of education. Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

They have several nationally recognized programs, including their academic bowl team. Close Quote

by a student
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Awful school i would not wish this school on my worst enemy. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, September 17, 2011

River Trail Middle School does not care about the students or Parents that have concerns. The area superintendent, Moran, has not addressed our concerns that were sent to her over a week ago. The administration does not follow the policies or the procedures in the Fulton County Code of Conduct manual. If your child has any type of disability, ADD, Auditory processing issues, etc. do not send your child to this school even with an IEP they do not receive the proper services. If your child needs minor, and I mean minor, services they do not provide them. You will be exhausted fighting for your child to get an education if they need any services. I have had two kids attend this school and one of my kids needs minor services while the other did not need any and I was and still am very disappointed with this school. If I had to do it all over again I will take more time talking with the parents at the school during car pool than looking at test scores via the Internet. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Biology (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 Biology 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
River Trail Middle School	Public	6-8	10795 Rogers Cir	Johns Creek	30097	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-3860	1,098	80	13.6	14.5%	188 (17.1%)	129 (11.7%)	77 (7.0%)	643 (58.6%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (4.9%)	98	3^rd of 578 public middle schools	99.5%		98.6	10^th of 585 public middle schools	98.3%	7	100.0		87.0	87.3	84.3	70.5	75.2	99.1	$15,630	$430	$15,199
Hull Middle School	Public	6-8	1950 Old Peachtree Rd	Duluth	30097	Fulton County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(770) 232-3200	1,267	80	15.9	41.0%	155 (12.2%)	362 (28.6%)	221 (17.4%)	468 (36.9%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	57 (4.5%)	83.4	81^st of 578 public middle schools	86.0%		91.2	53^rd of 585 public middle schools	90.9%	28	94.9		68.7	70.9	71.6		61.5	65.0	$12,659	$564	$12,095
Coleman Middle School	Public	6-8	3057 Main St	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(678) 407-7400	711	49	14.5	46.6%	133 (18.7%)	222 (31.2%)	180 (25.3%)	130 (18.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (6.2%)	80	97^th of 578 public middle schools	83.2%		88.2	64^th of 585 public middle schools	89.1%	33	97.2		62.4	72.2	63.7		54.1	65.0	$14,028	$301	$13,727
Northbrook Middle School	Public	6-8	1221 Northbrook Pkwy	Suwanee	30024	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(678) 407-7140	944	63	15.1	63.2%	104 (11.0%)	262 (27.8%)	355 (37.6%)	177 (18.8%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.7%)	77.2	115^th of 578 public middle schools	80.1%		81.2	96^th of 585 public middle schools	83.6%	19	100.0		51.9	55.6	72.8		71.1	59.7	$14,325	$761	$13,563
Duluth Middle School	Public	6-8	3200 Pleasant Hill Rd	Duluth	30096	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 476-3372	1,201	97	12.4	75.7%	99 (8.2%)	243 (20.2%)	685 (57.0%)	132 (11.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (3.4%)	39	331^st of 578 public middle schools	42.7%		43.9	305^th of 585 public middle schools	47.9%	26	95.7	100.0	30.9	38.1	38.5		39.0	32.5	$15,329	$1,072	$14,257
North Gwinnett Middle School	Public	6-8	170 Peachtree Industrial Blvd	Sugar Hill	30518	Gwinnett County	Gwinnett County	No	No	No	No	(678) 745-2300	2,360	139	16.9	21.3%	777 (32.9%)	284 (12.0%)	200 (8.5%)	968 (41.0%)	3 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	126 (5.3%)	93	21^st of 578 public middle schools	96.4%		98.9	7^th of 585 public middle schools	98.8%	14	98.1	96.9	81.5	87.6	87.7		85.6	78.7	$11,953	$445	$11,508
Taylor Road Middle School	Public	6-8	5150 Taylor Rd	Johns Creek	30022	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-7090	1,244	88	14.2	15.5%	424 (34.1%)	168 (13.5%)	143 (11.5%)	448 (36.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (4.7%)	95.8	12^th of 578 public middle schools	97.9%		97.6	15^th of 585 public middle schools	97.4%	3	100.0		69.8	73.2	84.9	57.6	74.7	99.4	$15,423	$518	$14,905
South Forsyth Middle School	Public	6-8	4670 Windermere Parkway	Cumming	30041	Forsyth County	Forsyth County	No	No	No	No	(770) 888-3170	1,319	71	18.6	7.9%	410 (31.1%)	34 (2.6%)	68 (5.2%)	753 (57.1%)	6 (0.5%)	4 (0.3%)	44 (3.3%)	94.3	14^th of 578 public middle schools	97.6%		99.1	5^th of 585 public middle schools	99.1%	9	99.4		91.8	87.1	87.3		84.1	83.6	$11,061	$200	$10,861
Riverwatch Middle School	Public	6-8	610 James Burgess Rd	Suwanee	30024	Gwinnett County	Forsyth County	No	No	No	No	(678) 455-7311	1,455	79	18.4	13.1%	318 (21.9%)	80 (5.5%)	102 (7.0%)	898 (61.7%)	9 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (3.2%)	93.5	16^th of 578 public middle schools	97.2%		99.3	4^th of 585 public middle schools	99.3%	12	99.0		86.0	87.7	90.9		86.6	80.0	$10,969	$202	$10,767
Webb Bridge Middle School	Public	6-8	4455 Webb Bridge Rd	Alpharetta	30005	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	No	(470) 254-2940	1,228	91	13.5	7.9%	323 (26.3%)	85 (6.9%)	129 (10.5%)	615 (50.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (6.0%)	98.5	2^nd of 578 public middle schools	99.7%		98.7	8^th of 585 public middle schools	98.6%	6	100.0		81.4	86.4	88.7	75.1	86.4	98.3	$15,746	$436	$15,310

Frequently Asked Questions about River Trail Middle School

Is River Trail Middle School a good school?

Yes! River Trail Middle School is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 3^rd of 578 Georgia middle schools.

What district is River Trail Middle School in?

Fulton County

How many students attend River Trail Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,098 students attended River Trail Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of River Trail Middle School?

Students at River Trail Middle School are 59% Asian, 17% White, 12% African American, 7% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of River Trail Middle School attend?

Students who attend River Trail Middle School usually go on to attend Northview High School

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