Rome Middle School

Rome Middle School serves 937 students in grades 7-8 in the Rome City district, located on Veterans Memorial Highway in Rome, Georgia. The school has earned a 2-star rating and ranks in the 38th percentile statewide, a modest improvement from the previous year and a meaningful climb from its 2018-2019 low point.

The school's standout strength is its Algebra I program. In 2025-2026, 95.6% of students scored proficient or better on the End of Course assessment—nearly double the district rate (45.7%) and far above the state average (48.1%). This continues a remarkable trend of near-perfect results over the past four years. However, this success appears concentrated in a select group of accelerated students, as overall 7th and 8th grade math proficiency (36.6% and 37.4%) trails state averages. The school also shows notable gaps in 8th grade science (22.9% proficiency vs. 29.7% statewide) and social studies (15.5% vs. 40.2% statewide), with social studies declining sharply from the prior year. When compared to nearby schools like Model Middle School or Calhoun Middle School, Rome Middle lags in most subjects, though those schools serve fewer economically disadvantaged students.

One clear bright spot is chronic absenteeism, which has dropped from 26.9% in 2021-2022 to 16.5%—now better than the state average (17.7%) and an improvement of nearly 39% over four years. This is especially notable given that 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, a figure that jumped dramatically in recent years, likely due to a federal program offering free meals to all students. The school also invests heavily in staffing, with a favorable 13.4:1 student-teacher ratio and per-student spending of $13,536. While the school shows pockets of excellence—particularly for special education students and in its accelerated math track—significant work remains to close achievement gaps in science, social studies, and for minority student populations.