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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 30813

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.

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1,970

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Top rankedColumbia Middle School190^th of 578 Georgia middle schools

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Summary:

Zip code 30813 in Grovetown, Georgia is served by two middle schools—Grovetown Middle School and Columbia Middle School—which together educate nearly 2,000 students in grades 6–8 within the highly rated Columbia County School District, a 5-star district ranked in the 92nd percentile statewide.

Columbia Middle School is the higher-performing school overall, with a 4-star rating and a state ranking in the 67th percentile for 2025–2026. It excels in 8th-grade Social Studies (57.6% proficiency, nearly matching the district's 58.6%) and posted an extraordinary 89.9% Algebra I proficiency in 2024–2025, though that dropped to 54.1% the following year. Grovetown Middle School, the larger of the two with 1,067 students, holds a steady 3-star rating and ranks in the 57th percentile. It shows a surprising strength in HS Physical Science (69.9% proficiency, above both district and state averages) but struggles significantly in 8th-grade Social Studies (32.5% vs. Columbia's 57.6%). Both schools share a critical weakness: 8th-grade Science proficiency is alarmingly low at 8.3% for Grovetown and 7.4% for Columbia, compared to the state average of 29.7%.

There are notable resource and demographic differences between the two schools. Grovetown Middle serves a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students (59.4% free/reduced lunch vs. 44.2% at Columbia) yet receives $1,135 less per student in funding ($10,221 vs. $11,356) and has a slightly higher student-teacher ratio (16.0 vs. 15.3). Chronic absenteeism at both schools (17.0% at Grovetown, 15.8% at Columbia) exceeds the district average of 12.9%. Despite these challenges, both schools outperform state averages in most math categories, and both benefit from being in a strong district. For parents, Columbia Middle offers stronger overall academics and higher rankings, while Grovetown Middle serves a larger, more diverse population with consistent performance—though both schools would benefit from urgent attention to 8th-grade science instruction.

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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
Columbia Middle School	Public	6-8	2013 Raider Way	Grovetown	30813	Columbia County	Columbia County	No	No	No	No	(706) 541-1252	903	59	15.3	44.2%	367 (40.6%)	292 (32.3%)	139 (15.4%)	29 (3.2%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	71 (7.9%)	62.1	190^th of 578 public middle schools	67.1%		71.5	145^th of 585 public middle schools	75.2%	45	54.1	50.5	49.5	52.1	7.4	57.6	38.9	$11,356	$138	$11,218
Grovetown Middle School	Public	6-8	5463 Harlem Grovetown Rd	Grovetown	30813	Columbia County	Columbia County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 855-2514	1,067	67	16.0	59.4%	253 (23.7%)	455 (42.6%)	211 (19.8%)	15 (1.4%)	3 (0.3%)	8 (0.7%)	122 (11.4%)	53.4	247^th of 578 public middle schools	57.3%		54	244^th of 585 public middle schools	58.3%	3	67.5	51.6	44.2	42.8	8.3	32.5	69.9	$10,221	$430	$9,791

Cities Near Zip Code 30813

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Grovetown	0.79 mi	8	84^th
Evans	3.61 mi	15	19^th
Martinez	4.21 mi	4	33^rd
Augusta	5.09 mi	47	334^th
Harlem	6.05 mi	3	123^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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