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Enrollment
593
Middle
DISTRICT 921 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000566
Awtrey Middle School
3601 Nowlin Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144 · (770) 975-6615 · Cobb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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.
- CThree-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
12.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
285 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 198 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 199 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Awtrey Middle School→North Cobb High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
43.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.7pp since 2021
Math
43.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 43.6% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 37.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.8% | 42.5% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Awtrey Middle School
Awtrey Middle School's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awtrey Middle School this school | 593 | 48.1% | 43.0% |
| Pine Mountain Middle School Kennesaw | 506 | 55.5% | 49.3% |
| The STEM Academy at Bartlett Savannah | 625 | 49.1% | 54.2% |
| Palmer Middle School Kennesaw | 803 | 53.1% | 43.5% |
| Aaron Cohn Middle School Midland | 525 | 53.3% | 47.3% |
| Villa Rica Middle Temple | 481 | 47.8% | 28.4% |
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 Awtrey Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #173 of 470 | #17 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #206 of 474 ▼ 30 | #17 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #148 of 474 ▼ 7 | #16 of 28 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #335 of 465 | #21 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #328 of 487 | #26 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #124 of 471 | #5 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #15 of 471 | #3 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #382 of 479 | #18 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #20 of 305 | #2 of 22 |
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
593
-92 (-13%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 1,071
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 593 | 46 | 12.9:1 | 48% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 42.6 | 15.1:1 | 52% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 43.6 | 14.4:1 | 39% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 49 | 14.0:1 | 36% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 816 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 36% (291) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 52 | 15.9:1 | 36% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 861 | 55 | 15.7:1 | 33% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 1,796 | 107 | 16.8:1 | 15% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 1,071 | 56 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Awtrey Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (816 to 593); teachers down 12% (52 to 46).
About Awtrey Middle School
Awtrey Middle School is a public middle-grades school run by Cobb County in Kennesaw, Georgia. The school enrolls 593 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
The 110 schools in Cobb County enroll 105,738 students altogether, Awtrey Middle School among them.
Of every 100 students at Awtrey Middle School, about 37 are Black, the largest group. Smaller groups are 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Cobb County is roughly 27% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 73, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.9 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Georgia, 14.1:1, is higher. Awtrey Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 48%.
Awtrey Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of Georgia public middle schools.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Awtrey Middle School's results are 9.5 points below predicted: 43.0% against 52.5%.
In Cobb County, the median household earns about $102,738 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Cobb County has 129 public schools with about 116,609 students, including Awtrey Middle School.
North Cobb High School sits about 0.2 miles from Awtrey Middle School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Awtrey Middle School is 5th among 6 schools close by.
NCES assigns Awtrey Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 685 to 593. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.0 to 12.9 over 4 years.
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Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Kennesaw
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,224 students
- Kennesaw Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- McClure Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Lost Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
Nearby schools
- North Cobb High School0.2 mi · 2,463
- Northwest Classical Academy1.0 mi · 798
- Acworth Elementary School1.1 mi · 499
- Barber Middle School1.2 mi · 790
- Kennesaw Elementary School1.3 mi · 560
- Baker Elementary School1.7 mi · 738
Frequently asked questions
About Awtrey Middle SchoolHow many students attend Awtrey Middle School?
Awtrey Middle School enrolls approximately 593 students in grades 06-08.
Is Awtrey Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Awtrey Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Awtrey Middle School have?
Awtrey Middle School employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Awtrey Middle School?
Student demographics at Awtrey Middle School are roughly 28% White, 22% Hispanic, 37% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Awtrey Middle School in?
Awtrey Middle School is part of Cobb County.
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