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Enrollment
550
Middle
DISTRICT 824 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282001663
Austin Road Middle School
100 Austin Rd, Stockbridge, GA 30281 · (770) 507-5407 · Henry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Georgia public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
399 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 183 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 171 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 36% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · US 70%
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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
33.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
Math
33.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.7% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 23.7% |
| 2022-23 | 29.9% | 20.1% |
| 2021-22 | 32.2% | 20.2% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Austin Road Middle School
Austin Road Middle School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Road Middle School this school | 550 | 72.5% | 32.3% |
| Hampton Middle School Hampton | 752 | 73.5% | 23.3% |
| Factory Shoals Middle School Douglasville | 833 | 77.6% | 30.1% |
| General Ray Davis Middle School Stockbridge | 874 | 72.2% | 39.1% |
| Woodland Middle School Stockbridge | 679 | 63.5% | 30.0% |
| P. B. Ritch Middle School Dallas | 690 | 68.3% | 31.9% |
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 Austin Road Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #292 of 470 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #286 of 474 ▲ 55 | #3 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #250 of 474 ▲ 35 | #4 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #133 of 465 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #346 of 487 | #11 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #354 of 471 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #352 of 471 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #280 of 479 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #162 of 305 | #4 of 8 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
550
-75 (-12%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 17.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 550 | 35.5 | 15.5:1 | 73% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 32.3 | 16.9:1 | 77% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 30.5 | 17.8:1 | 68% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 60% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 69% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 63% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 60% (446) |
| 2000-01 | 796 | 49 | 16.2:1 | 19% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Austin Road Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (608 to 550); teachers down 9% (39 to 35.5).
About Austin Road Middle School
Federal records list Austin Road Middle School as a middle-grades school in Stockbridge, Georgia. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 550 students enrolled. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students.
Henry County is the district for Austin Road Middle School. It has 53 schools and 43,012 students.
Austin Road Middle School's enrollment is 75% Black. The remaining shares are 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Henry County's population at about 52%. Austin Road Middle School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Austin Road Middle School total 35.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.5:1. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 73%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Henry County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Austin Road Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Austin Road Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (32.3%) and its predicted rate (39.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Henry County, median household income is about $83,146, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 54 public schools operate in Henry County, serving about 43,102 students.
Austin Road Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Austin Road Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Austin Road Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Austin Road Middle School went from 625 students to 550. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.9:1 to 15.5:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Austin Road Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in Stockbridge
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,251 students
- General Ray Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 874 students
- Woodland Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Stockbridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Red Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Austin Road Elementary School0.2 mi · 414
- Excelsior Village Academies2.3 mi · 90
- Fairview Elementary School2.6 mi · 590
- Woodland Elementary School3.3 mi · 491
- Stockbridge High School3.3 mi · 1,456
- Woodland Middle School3.4 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About Austin Road Middle SchoolHow large is Austin Road Middle School?
Austin Road Middle School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades 06-08.
Is Austin Road Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Austin Road Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Austin Road Middle School have?
Austin Road Middle School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is Austin Road Middle School?
Austin Road Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 15% Hispanic, 75% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Austin Road Middle School?
Austin Road Middle School is overseen by Henry County in Henry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.