Summary:
In zip code 29691, there is exactly one middle school, Walhalla Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 with an enrollment of 857 students in the Oconee 01 district.
Walhalla Middle stands out for its exceptional performance in advanced mathematics, achieving a perfect 100% proficiency rate on the Algebra 1 End-of-Course exam for the 2024-2025 school year, far exceeding the district (75.6%) and state (74.0%) averages. The school has also shown consistent improvement in its absolute state ranking, moving from 97th to 130th over three years, though its percentile slipped slightly from 70 to 61. The most recent school year shows 6th graders outperforming both district and state averages in all three tested subjects (ELA, Math, and Science), making them the strongest cohort. However, 7th graders lag behind, particularly in ELA (51.7% vs. 59.5% state) and Math (40.2% vs. 41.8% state), suggesting a potential area for targeted support as students transition into middle school.
Math proficiency is a relative weakness across all grades, consistently scoring lower than ELA and Science. For example, in 2025-2026, 8th-grade math proficiency was 44.1% compared to 60.9% in ELA. Year-over-year data shows notable volatility, such as 7th-grade ELA dropping from 62.8% to 51.7%, which may reflect changing student cohorts. On a positive note, the school's chronic absenteeism rate (20.9%) is better than both the district (23.2%) and state (22.3%), and per-student spending is a substantial $12,960 with a favorable student-teacher ratio of 14.3. These factors suggest a supportive learning environment that may yield long-term benefits not fully captured by a single-year ranking.
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