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P. B. Ritch Middle School

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P. B. Ritch Middle School ranks 380 th of 584 Georgia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

380^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 584 Georgia Middle Schools

Better than 35% of Georgia middle schools

Summary

P. B. Ritch Middle School is a public middle school located in Dallas, Georgia, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 718 students. The school is part of the Paulding County School District, which is ranked 91 out of 206 districts in Georgia and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

One of the school's notable strengths is its consistent performance in Algebra I End of Course assessments, with proficiency rates ranging from 77.1% to 83.3% over the past few years, significantly outperforming the Paulding County and Georgia state averages, which are around 40%. Additionally, P. B. Ritch Middle School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 14 to 15.3 students per teacher, which could contribute to more personalized attention and support for students. However, the school faces challenges in consistently meeting academic benchmarks in other core subject areas, such as English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, where its proficiency rates are generally lower than the Paulding County and Georgia state averages.

When compared to nearby middle schools, such as East Paulding Middle School and Irma C. Austin Middle School in the Paulding County district, as well as Durham Middle School, Lovinggood Middle School, and Lost Mountain Middle School in the Cobb County district, P. B. Ritch Middle School's academic performance is generally lower. Additionally, the school's statewide ranking has been declining over the past several years, from a high of 221 out of 559 Georgia middle schools in 2018-2019 to a low of 380 out of 584 in 2024-2025, indicating that it is not keeping pace with the academic progress of other middle schools in the state.

690

Students ?

14.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,969

Per pupil spending ?

68.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

60 Old Country Trl
Dallas, GA 30157

(770) 443-8000

District: Paulding County

Students who attend P. B. Ritch Middle School usually attend:

High:

East Paulding High School

Feeder schools for P. B. Ritch Middle School:

Elementary:	Hiram Elementary School
	McGarity Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

56.5%

White:

17.4%

Hispanic:

15.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 54th percentile in 2015 → 35th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (29% vs 40% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 19 percentile points since 2015

!Science scores 15 pts below the Georgia average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg40%

Georgia avg40%

380^th of 584

Georgia public middle schools ?

Bottom 35%▼ down 19 pts since 2015

From top 46% (2015) to bottom 35% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 9Middle Schools in the Paulding County

91^st of 206Paulding 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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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	34.2	380 of 584	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.4	335 of 588	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.7	343 of 577	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.4	304 of 567	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	50.6	249 of 542	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.0	221 of 559	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.3	229 of 543	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	48.9	269 of 539	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2016	45.1	291 of 545	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	50.8	247 of 537	54.0%	★★★☆☆

By subject vs Georgia (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I77%+32 vs state

English Language Arts31%-9 vs state

Mathematics30%-12 vs state

Social Studies28%-10 vs state

Science13%-15 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, May 26, 2022

My child attends school here and since the school is mostly majority AA I felt the need to write this to inform other parents since the school has not. On May 18, 2022 my son came home and said that while he was in his 7th grade English class, the students were using a platform for study and the word Ner came up on the screen. Obviously he was saddened and confused and emotional since this is not a term that we use in my household and we never had a discussion about the word and how people use it to be derogatory towards minorities. I was outraged. I was now forced to have a conversation with my son that I wanted to have on my own time. Almost everyday we receive some type of correspondence by email or by phone of things that happen at the school. For some reason, no one from the school notified us of this incident. I reached out to the teacher, vice principal and principal by email to discuss what happened. I then received a phone call from the Vice principal and he stated that they were aware of the situation and would be investigating to see which student was responsible and would be disciplined. The fact that they were trying to keep this quite and not let the parents know of this incident is troubling. Honestly, after having the conversation with the vice principal I almost felt that he went off topic in discussing how everyone uses the word and should not. Which was not what the conversation should have been about. Still to this day, no one has emailed me back about the incident, no emails have gone out to inform the parents. No counseling for my student. Nothing. I really felt that they did not know the impact this word can have on a student and really did not care to address it properly. In light of everything that is going on with mass shootings, this definitely should have been taken more serious. Parents please talk to your kids daily about their day at school. This school obviously picks and chooses what to be upset about. Close Quote

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Sunday, October 1, 2017

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2025)	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)			Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)			Milestones Assessment Science (2025)	Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2025)	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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
P. B. Ritch Middle School	Public	6-8	60 Old Country Trl	Dallas	30157	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-8000	690	48	14.3	68.3%	120 (17.4%)	390 (56.5%)	108 (15.7%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.6%)	60 (8.7%)	34.2	380^th of 584 public middle schools	34.9%		40.4	335^th of 588 public middle schools	43.0%	45	77.3	31.7	33.9	28.1	24.0	26.9	37.3	13.3	28.5	$13,969	$576	$13,392
East Paulding Middle School	Public	6-8	2945 Hiram Acworth Hwy	Dallas	30157	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-7000	630	44	14.3	46.3%	343 (54.4%)	146 (23.2%)	103 (16.3%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.9%)	60.8	200^th of 584 public middle schools	65.8%		70.2	151^st of 588 public middle schools	74.3%	49	94.6	45.1	51.0	42.8	39.4	50.0	56.4	18.5	28.4	$14,350	$370	$13,980
Lena Mae Moses Middle School	Public	6-8	1066 Old County Farm Rd	Dallas	30132	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-8727	921	59	15.6	48.0%	413 (44.8%)	335 (36.4%)	98 (10.6%)	14 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (6.3%)	53.1	247^th of 584 public middle schools	57.7%		56.8	231^st of 588 public middle schools	60.7%	16	77.3	50.9	44.5	36.7	29.8	35.0	40.8	17.3	40.9	$12,742	$376	$12,367
Herschel Jones Middle School	Public	6-8	100 Stadium Dr	Dallas	30132	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-8024	728	53	13.8	71.7%	208 (28.6%)	352 (48.4%)	112 (15.4%)	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	41 (5.6%)	26.3	432^nd of 584 public middle schools	26.0%		28.3	420^th of 588 public middle schools	28.6%	12	79.5	26.1	31.3	30.4	16.2	23.6	24.1	14.1	21.6	$13,789	$832	$12,956
J. A. Dobbins Middle School	Public	6-8	637 Williams Lake Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-4835	531	41	12.9	71.4%	130 (24.5%)	205 (38.6%)	157 (29.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.8%)	41.7	326^th of 584 public middle schools	44.2%		41.2	327^th of 588 public middle schools	44.4%	1	92.1	26.6	35.1	36.3	16.2	29.3	53.8	12.4	42.1	$16,471	$722	$15,749
Lost Mountain Middle School	Public	6-8	700 Old Mountain Rd NW	Kennesaw	30152	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 594-8224	979	61	16.1	22.0%	559 (57.1%)	215 (22.0%)	95 (9.7%)	56 (5.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (5.3%)	93.3	43^rd of 584 public middle schools	92.6%		93.9	39^th of 588 public middle schools	93.4%	4	98.8	64.5	57.4	64.8	66.7	72.8	77.0	49.2	73.8	$13,726	$336	$13,390
Lovinggood Middle School	Public	6-8	3825 Luther Ward Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	No	(678) 331-3015	1,209	71	16.9	32.3%	494 (40.9%)	377 (31.2%)	197 (16.3%)	51 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	90 (7.4%)	88.5	61^st of 584 public middle schools	89.6%		89.9	55^th of 588 public middle schools	90.6%	6	97.7	57.1	60.1	56.9	60.1	59.5	62.9	56.2	66.9	$13,392	$351	$13,041
Tapp Middle School	Public	6-8	3900 Macedonia Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 222-3758	809	54	14.8	87.4%	48 (5.9%)	466 (57.6%)	237 (29.3%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (5.7%)	57.3	226^th of 584 public middle schools	61.3%		59.7	211^th of 588 public middle schools	64.1%	15	100.0	47.2	44.9	41.5	44.1	45.8	38.3	13.9	37.9	$15,365	$841	$14,524
Crossroads Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Timberwolf Drive	Acworth	30101	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(678) 460-1580	908	52	17.4	31.2%	473 (52.1%)	256 (28.2%)	94 (10.4%)	38 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (5.2%)								(n/a)										$11,614	$284	$11,330
Irma C. Austin Middle School	Public	6-8	3490 Ridge Rd	Douglasville	30134	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 942-0316	782	52	15.0	58.3%	331 (42.3%)	284 (36.3%)	117 (15.0%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (5.8%)	40.7	333^rd of 584 public middle schools	43.0%		48.3	287^th of 588 public middle schools	51.2%	46	95.7	34.4	36.8	33.2	33.6	31.6	34.4	8.6	32.7	$13,317	$203	$13,114

Frequently Asked Questions about P. B. Ritch Middle School

How many students attend P. B. Ritch Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 690 students attended P. B. Ritch Middle School.

Is P. B. Ritch Middle School a good school?

P. B. Ritch Middle School ranks 380^th of 584 Georgia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is P. B. Ritch Middle School in?

Paulding County

What high school do graduates of P. B. Ritch Middle School attend?

Students who attend P. B. Ritch Middle School usually go on to attend East Paulding High School

What is the racial makeup of P. B. Ritch Middle School?

Students at P. B. Ritch Middle School are 57% African American, 17% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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