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Enrollment
971
Middle
DISTRICT 922 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228002121
Bear Creek Middle School
7415 Herndon Rd, Fairburn, GA 30213 · (470) 254-6080 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL971 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
971 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 308 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 340 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 323 | 33% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Bear Creek Middle School→Creekside High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
32.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.6pp since 2021
Math
26.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.2% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 20.2% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 14.3% |
| 2021-22 | 24.6% | 17.2% |
% 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Bear Creek Middle School
Bear Creek Middle School's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Middle School this school | 971 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
| Renaissance Middle School Fairburn | 977 | 100.0% | 31.4% |
| Woodland Middle School East Point | 937 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
| Lithonia Middle School Lithonia | 1,062 | 100.0% | 13.0% |
| North Clayton Middle School College Park | 817 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Stephenson Middle School Stone Mountain | 788 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
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 Bear Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #329 of 470 | #20 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #347 of 474 ▲ 20 | #19 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #277 of 474 ▲ 40 | #20 of 35 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #95 of 465 | #7 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 971 | #112 of 487 | #10 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #275 of 471 | #32 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #410 of 471 | #19 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #76 of 479 | #16 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #72 of 305 | #8 of 26 |
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
971
-153 (-14%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 940
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 971 | 67.2 | 14.4:1 | 100% (971) |
| 2023-24 | 964 | 60.3 | 16.0:1 | 100% (964) |
| 2022-23 | 1,108 | 66.3 | 16.7:1 | 100% (1,108) |
| 2020-21 | 1,124 | 80 | 14.1:1 | 69% (780) |
| 2017-18 | 1,195 | 83 | 14.4:1 | 76% (905) |
| 2015-16 | 1,117 | 77 | 14.5:1 | 86% (963) |
| 2010-11 | 1,048 | 78 | 13.4:1 | 86% (897) |
| 2000-01 | 1,173 | 72 | 16.3:1 | 68% (800) |
| 1990-91 | 940 | 59 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,195 to 971); teachers down 19% (83 to 67.2).
About Bear Creek Middle School
Bear Creek Middle School sits in Fairburn, Georgia, and is classified as a middle school. School enrollment was 971 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Georgia is roughly 763 students; this school is 27% bigger than that.
Besides Bear Creek Middle School, Fulton County runs 106 other schools. The district enrolls 87,563 students.
The student body at Bear Creek Middle School is 85% Black. Enrollment also includes 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Fulton County, the Black share is about 43%. The school's diversity index is 26%, meaning two students picked at random have a 26% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 14.4:1 comes from the school's 67.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100% in 2024-25. Compared with the 62% average for public schools in Fulton County, the school's rate is higher.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Bear Creek Middle School would be expected to post about 25.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.1%.
In Fulton County (population about 1,076,561), the median household income is $95,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Bear Creek Middle School is one of 205 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Creekside High School, about 0.2 miles away. Bear Creek Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Bear Creek Middle School ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 28.1% versus a 39.3% average.
Bear Creek Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The school enrolled 971 students in 2024-25, 153 fewer than the 1,124 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Bear Creek Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Fairburn
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Creekside High SchoolHigh · 1,745 students
- Renaissance Middle SchoolMiddle · 977 students
- Renaissance Elementary SchoolElementary · 750 students
- Campbell Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- E. C. West Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
Other Bear Creek Middle schools
One other US public school is named Bear Creek Middle. Bear Creek Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Bear Creek Middle SchoolStatham, GA · 752 students
Nearby schools
- Creekside High School0.2 mi · 1,745
- E. C. West Elementary School1.2 mi · 678
- Palmetto Elementary School3.2 mi · 436
- Campbell Elementary School3.2 mi · 730
- Global Impact Academy3.4 mi · 572
- Liberty Point Elementary School4.0 mi · 700
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Creek Middle SchoolHow large is Bear Creek Middle School?
Bear Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 971 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bear Creek Middle School serve?
Bear Creek Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bear Creek Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Bear Creek Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Bear Creek Middle School?
Student demographics at Bear Creek Middle School are roughly 1% White, 10% Hispanic, 85% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Bear Creek Middle School public or private?
Bear Creek Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.