The bulletin board for America's public schools. Parents, teachers, students, and staff. One community per school.
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTOW COUNTY·NCES 130033002351

Adairsville Middle School

485 Old Highway 41 NW, Adairsville, GA 30103 · (770) 606-5842 · Bartow County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Georgia public middle schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools

Enrollment
862
Middle
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 763
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
482 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 631637%
Grade 726931%
Grade 827732%
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
68780%
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 34% · US 43%
Hispanic
8210%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 19% · US 30%
Black
344%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 36% · US 15%
Asian
40%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
546%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
42249%
Female
44051%

Discussions

+ POST

Test scores

Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or Distinguished
English Language Arts
44.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.1pp since 2021
Math
48.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.2pp since 2021

What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.

Georgia Milestones results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2544.9%48.1%
2023-2440.5%51.8%
2022-2337.6%40.8%
2021-2234.8%37.9%
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Adairsville Middle School

Adairsville Middle School's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Adairsville Middle School this school86255.9%43.3%
Lumpkin County Middle School
Dahlonega
86455.6%42.2%
Woodland Middle School at Euharlee
Euharlee
69659.6%47.4%
Ringgold Middle School
Ringgold
72549.8%51.4%
Pickens County Junior High School
Jasper
63858.3%34.2%
Hahira Middle School
Hahira
84358.0%69.5%
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Adairsville Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Georgia
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
43.3%#170 of 470
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
48.1%#168 of 474
▼ 53
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.9%#136 of 474
▲ 67
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+10.1pp#53 of 465
Enrollment
ranked largest first
862#164 of 487
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.3:1#404 of 471
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
35.0%#380 of 471
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
55.9%#355 of 479
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+13.3%#58 of 144
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
862
+64 (+8%) vs 2020
+64% since 2000-01, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-258625316.3:156% (482)
2023-248425016.8:158% (487)
2022-238434817.6:149% (413)
2020-217984517.7:148% (384)
2017-1876141.518.3:151% (391)
2015-167304416.6:156% (406)
2010-117494815.6:159% (444)
2000-015273316.0:136% (188)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Adairsville Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students up 13% (761 to 862); teachers up 28% (41.5 to 53).

About Adairsville Middle School

Adairsville Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Adairsville, Georgia, under Bartow County. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 862 students.

Adairsville Middle School is one school in Bartow County, a system of 19 schools with 14,019 students.

White students make up a majority at Adairsville Middle School, at 80%. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. The White share in Bartow County as a whole is similar, at about 76%. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school has about 16.3 students per teacher and 53 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.

allk12 grades Adairsville Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.5% at Adairsville Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.3%.

Within Bartow County, the median household income is $82,243, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Bartow County has 23 public schools and roughly 18,705 students.

Adairsville High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Adairsville Middle School holds 3 other public schools. Adairsville Middle School ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.3% against a local average of 38.7%.

Adairsville Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.

Over 4 years, Adairsville Middle School's enrollment climbed 8%, to 862. By 2024-25, the school had 16.3 students per teacher, compared with 17.7 in 2020-21.

Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Adairsville Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Bartow County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
113,113
Census ACS
Median income
$82,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
18,705 students

Quick facts

School name
Adairsville Middle School
District
Bartow County
Address
485 Old Highway 41 NW, Adairsville, GA 30103
Phone
(770) 606-5842
County
Bartow County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
862
Teachers (FTE)
53
Student–teacher ratio
16.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
482 (56%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
130033002351
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Bartow County
Other schools in Adairsville
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Adairsville Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Adairsville Middle School?
Adairsville Middle School enrolls approximately 862 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Adairsville Middle School serve?
Adairsville Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Adairsville Middle School have?
Adairsville Middle School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
How diverse is Adairsville Middle School?
Adairsville Middle School reports a student body of 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Adairsville Middle School public or private?
Adairsville Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bartow County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
+ Post