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Enrollment
1,285
Middle
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITY SCHOOLS OF DECATUR·NCES 130168000796
Beacon Hill Middle School
220 W College Ave, Decatur, GA 30030 · (404) 370-4440 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,285 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Georgia public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
12.7:1
101 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
197 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 421 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 421 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 443 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Beacon Hill Middle School→Decatur High School
Based on grade levels within City Schools of Decatur. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
76.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.8pp since 2021
Math
82.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +16.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.8% | 82.4% |
| 2023-24 | 75.1% | 77.4% |
| 2022-23 | 71.1% | 69.4% |
| 2021-22 | 65.9% | 66.5% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Beacon Hill Middle School
Beacon Hill Middle School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill Middle School this school | 1,285 | 15.3% | 75.5% |
| Lost Mountain Middle School Kennesaw | 979 | 22.0% | 69.7% |
| Durham Middle School Acworth | 984 | 21.6% | 61.7% |
| Rising Starr Middle School Fayetteville | 931 | 14.9% | 75.9% |
| Greenbrier Middle School Evans | 853 | 18.5% | 68.4% |
| Crabapple Middle School Roswell | 881 | 19.5% | 65.2% |
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 Beacon Hill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #16 of 470 | #3 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #12 of 474 ▲ 9 | #3 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #13 of 474 ▲ 5 | #3 of 23 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.4pp | #15 of 465 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,285 | #40 of 487 | #3 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #104 of 471 | #5 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #244 of 471 | #8 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.3% | #462 of 479 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.9% | #126 of 144 | #8 of 9 |
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
1,285
-92 (-7%) vs 2020
+162% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 1,285 | 100.9 | 12.7:1 | 15% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 1,322 | 102.4 | 12.9:1 | 17% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 1,323 | 97.4 | 13.6:1 | 13% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 1,377 | 99 | 13.9:1 | 10% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 1,249 | 77.5 | 16.1:1 | 14% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 1,013 | 70 | 14.5:1 | 14% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 654 | 47 | 13.9:1 | 29% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 47 | 12.0:1 | 37% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 42 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beacon Hill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,249 to 1,285); teachers up 30% (77.5 to 100.9).
About Beacon Hill Middle School
Families in Decatur, Georgia, are served by Beacon Hill Middle School, a large middle-grades school. The school counted 1,285 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 68% more students than the average for middle schools in Georgia (about 763).
Beacon Hill Middle School is among 9 schools run by City Schools of Decatur, which serves 5,367 students.
The share of White students at Beacon Hill Middle School is 63%, a majority. Other students are 18% Black, 10% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 29% White share among all DeKalb County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Beacon Hill Middle School has 100.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1. At Beacon Hill Middle School, 15% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County.
Beacon Hill Middle School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Georgia public middle schools.
A school with Beacon Hill Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 69.4%. Beacon Hill Middle School scores 75.5%, 6.1 points above that line.
Census data for DeKalb County show median household income comes to about $80,644, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 154 public schools and about 102,960 students.
Beacon Hill Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Decatur High School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 75.5% is above the 70.3% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 1,377 (2020-21) to 1,285 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.7:1) than in 2020-21 (13.9:1).
The allk12 page for Beacon Hill Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in City Schools of Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Talley Street Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 623 students
- Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Winnona Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Oakhurst Elementary SchoolElementary · 233 students
- Glennwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 184 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
- Peachcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 729 students
Nearby schools
- Decatur High School0.2 mi · 1,901
- Oakhurst Elementary School0.5 mi · 233
- Winnona Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 276
- Glennwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 184
- Talley Street Upper Elementary School0.9 mi · 623
- Fifth Avenue Upper Elementary School1.0 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About Beacon Hill Middle SchoolHow large is Beacon Hill Middle School?
Beacon Hill Middle School enrolls approximately 1,285 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Beacon Hill Middle School serve?
Beacon Hill Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Beacon Hill Middle School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Beacon Hill Middle School.
How diverse is Beacon Hill Middle School?
Beacon Hill Middle School reports a student body of 63% White, 4% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Beacon Hill Middle School?
Beacon Hill Middle School is overseen by City Schools of Decatur in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.