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P. B. Ritch Middle School

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

P. B. Ritch Middle School ranks 382 nd of 578 Georgia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

382^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 578 Georgia Middle Schools

Better than 34% of Georgia middle schools

Summary

P. B. Ritch Middle School in Dallas, GA, serves approximately 690 students in grades 6-8 as part of the Paulding County School District, where about 68% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

The most striking highlight is the school's exceptional Algebra I performance: 100% of tested students scored proficient or better in 2025-2026, compared to 46% district-wide and 48% statewide. This isn't a fluke—the school has posted proficiency rates of 77-80% in each of the previous three years, consistently doubling or nearly tripling the district average. However, this strength doesn't carry over to grade-level math, where only 30.2% of 6th graders, 20.8% of 7th graders, and 30.8% of 8th graders are proficient. The 7th grade math rate is less than half the state average of 42%. Social Studies is the biggest concern, with just 18.1% of 8th graders proficient versus 42% district-wide. On a positive note, 8th grade science proficiency (28.8%) now exceeds the state average (29.7%), more than doubling from just two years ago. Chronic absenteeism has also improved significantly, dropping from 22.6% to 16.1%—now below both district and state averages.

Compared to nearby East Paulding Middle School (1.8 miles away), which ranks in the 78th percentile statewide, P. B. Ritch ranks in the 34th percentile. East Paulding's math proficiency rates are roughly double across all grade levels, though it serves a more affluent population (46% free/reduced lunch). Interestingly, P. B. Ritch's Algebra I results match those of Crossroads Middle School, which ranks in the 93rd percentile—but P. B. Ritch achieves this while serving a much higher-need population. The school spends $13,969 per student, slightly above the district norm but about $2,500 less than J. A. Dobbins Middle School, which serves a similar demographic yet achieves only marginally better overall results. This suggests P. B. Ritch is efficient with resources, and its targeted successes in Algebra I, science, and attendance show that interventions can work—the challenge is replicating them across all subjects and grade levels.

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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Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 47th percentile in 2016 → 34th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (27% vs 42% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2016

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school27%

District avg43%

Georgia avg42%

382^nd of 578

Georgia public middle schools ?

Bottom 34%▼ down 13 pts since 2016

From bottom 47% (2016) to bottom 34% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 10Middle Schools in the Paulding County

87^th of 201Paulding 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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	32.2	382 of 578	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.2	380 of 585	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	40.4	333 of 578	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.7	343 of 569	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.4	302 of 558	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
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%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	44.5	231 of 480	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2025	50.8	207 of 494	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	51.0	209 of 489	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.8	210 of 485	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.0	184 of 482	61.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	43.0	91 of 199	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	75.5	19 of 200	90.5%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	30.6	383 of 550	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.4	367 of 567	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.9	365 of 558	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.2	361 of 553	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.1	282 of 544	48.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	37.4	223 of 374	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.9	262 of 400	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.3	117 of 381	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.1	171 of 380	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.3	147 of 367	59.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	32.4	368 of 550	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.6	363 of 569	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.0	294 of 561	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.9	315 of 559	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.1	323 of 553	41.6%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	25.5	105 of 136	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.4	140 of 169	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.8	107 of 172	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.0	109 of 163	33.1%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	22.4	353 of 425	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	27.7	333 of 442	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.9	203 of 437	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.4	241 of 429	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	57.0	127 of 431	70.5%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	13.2	372 of 404	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.0	382 of 415	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.0	360 of 417	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.0	337 of 429	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.6	304 of 425	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)54th percentile+19 vs school

African American (2026)52nd percentile+18 vs school

Hispanic (2026)40th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2026)33rd percentile~ school

Female (2026)30th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)23rd percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2026)17th percentile-17 vs school

White (2026)8th percentile-26 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I100%+52 vs state

Science29%~ state avg

Mathematics28%-15 vs state

Social Studies18%-22 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 (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 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
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%)	32.2	382^nd of 578 public middle schools	33.9%		34.2	380^th of 585 public middle schools	35.0%	2	100.0	30.2	20.8	30.8	28.8	18.1		$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%)	75.8	125^th of 578 public middle schools	78.4%		60.8	200^th of 585 public middle schools	65.8%	75	100.0	60.9	51.0	55.0	45.4	40.8		$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%)	60.2	209^th of 578 public middle schools	63.8%		53.1	247^th of 585 public middle schools	57.8%	38	98.4	34.2	35.4	47.6	44.3	47.3		$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%)	27.2	415^th of 578 public middle schools	28.2%		26.3	432^nd of 585 public middle schools	26.2%	17	87.5	14.7	23.8	28.4	26.3	21.2		$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%)	47	283^rd of 578 public middle schools	51.0%		41.7	326^th of 585 public middle schools	44.3%	43	100.0	25.7	30.2	46.7	29.6	39.7		$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	21^st of 578 public middle schools	96.4%		93.3	43^rd of 585 public middle schools	92.6%	22	100.0	61.5	73.0	82.9	46.4	79.7	90.2	$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%)	88.3	54^th of 578 public middle schools	90.7%		88.5	61^st of 585 public middle schools	89.6%	7	100.0	52.7	62.1	66.0	61.4	69.4	88.6	$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%)	50.8	258^th of 578 public middle schools	55.4%		57.3	226^th of 585 public middle schools	61.4%	32	95.5	36.8	46.3	36.6	20.3	45.4	52.9	$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%)	90.3	41^st of 578 public middle schools	92.9%					(n/a)	100.0	66.5	63.6	66.5	57.5	58.2		$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%)	44.2	300^th of 578 public middle schools	48.1%		40.7	333^rd of 585 public middle schools	43.1%	33	83.3	41.1	34.8	26.3	33.2	28.5		$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 382^nd of 578 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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