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Arnall Middle School

700 Lora Smith Rd, Newnan, GA 30265 · (770) 254-2765 · Coweta County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL740 STUDENTS
Enrollment
740
Middle
DISTRICT 751 · STATE 763
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
448 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 625434%
Grade 724433%
Grade 824233%
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
19626%
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 34% · US 43%
Hispanic
14319%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 19% · US 30%
Black
31543%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 36% · US 15%
Asian
456%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
345%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
51%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
40555%
Female
33545%

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Test scores

Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or Distinguished
English Language Arts
36.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.5pp since 2021
Math
35.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.1pp since 2021

What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.

Georgia Milestones results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2536.9%35.8%
2023-2441.0%37.6%
2022-2337.8%29.0%
2021-2237.4%38.8%
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Arnall Middle School

Arnall Middle School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Arnall Middle School this school74060.5%36.0%
Barber Middle School
Acworth
79057.8%39.2%
Bennett's Mill Middle School
Fayetteville
87663.5%48.6%
Pine Mountain Middle School
Kennesaw
50655.5%49.3%
Daniell Middle School
Marietta
88457.8%47.6%
Mason Creek Middle School
Winston
85368.5%46.2%
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 Arnall Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn GeorgiaIn Coweta County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
36.0%#251 of 470#6 of 7
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
35.8%#269 of 474
▼ 41
#6 of 7
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
36.9%#216 of 474
▼ 17
#6 of 7
▼ 1
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-1.8pp#39 of 465#2 of 7
Enrollment
ranked largest first
740#237 of 487#4 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
13.7:1#207 of 471#3 of 7
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
70.5%#27 of 471#1 of 7
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
60.5%#325 of 479#2 of 7
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-21.9%#42 of 305N/A
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
740
-186 (-20%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-257405413.7:161% (448)
2023-246934914.1:161% (421)
2022-237135313.4:152% (374)
2020-219266115.2:141% (376)
2017-189475916.1:145% (429)
2015-169345816.1:145% (418)
2010-118866214.3:140% (353)
2000-018835217.0:129% (254)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arnall Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 22% (947 to 740); teachers down 8% (59 to 54).

About Arnall Middle School

Arnall Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school with an address in Newnan, Georgia. The student body numbers 740 students, from grades 6 through 8.

Coweta County counts 23,064 students in its 29 schools, and Arnall Middle School is one of them.

No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Arnall Middle School. The largest is Black students, at 43%. Next come 26% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 18% Black among all Coweta County residents. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Arnall Middle School counts 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.7 students for each one. That matches the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia fairly closely. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Coweta County average 46%.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Arnall Middle School would score about 46.1%. It scores 36.0%, 10.1 points below that figure.

Coweta County has about 152,852 residents, and the median household income is $95,548, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Coweta County has 31 public schools and roughly 23,423 students.

The nearest other public school, White Oak Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Arnall Middle School ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

Over 4 years, Arnall Middle School's enrollment dropped 20%, to 740. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.2:1 to 13.7:1.

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Coweta County at a glance

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Population
152,852
Census ACS
Median income
$95,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,423 students

Quick facts

School name
Arnall Middle School
District
Coweta County
Address
700 Lora Smith Rd, Newnan, GA 30265
Phone
(770) 254-2765
County
Coweta County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
740
Teachers (FTE)
54
Student–teacher ratio
13.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
448 (61%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
130150000825
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Arnall Middle School
What is the total enrollment at Arnall Middle School?
Arnall Middle School enrolls approximately 740 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Arnall Middle School serve?
Arnall Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arnall Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arnall Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Arnall Middle School?
Student demographics at Arnall Middle School are roughly 26% White, 19% Hispanic, 43% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Arnall Middle School in?
Arnall Middle School is part of Coweta County.
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