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Enrollment
876
Middle
DISTRICT 919 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 130213003638
Bennett's Mill Middle School
210 Lester Rd, Fayetteville, GA 30215 · (770) 716-3982 · Fayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Georgia public middle schools
- B+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
13.7:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
556 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 284 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 304 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 288 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
48.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
49.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +15.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 up about 16 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 50.5% |
| 2022-23 | 50.8% | 45.1% |
| 2021-22 | 47.4% | 33.8% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Bennett's Mill Middle School
Bennett's Mill Middle School's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett's Mill Middle School this school | 876 | 63.5% | 48.6% |
| Rutland Middle School Macon | 849 | 60.3% | 19.9% |
| Mason Creek Middle School Winston | 853 | 68.5% | 46.2% |
| Woodland Middle School Stockbridge | 679 | 63.5% | 30.0% |
| Chapel Hill Middle School Douglasville | 1,036 | 58.8% | 48.1% |
| 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 Bennett's Mill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #128 of 470 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #153 of 474 ▼ 27 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #113 of 474 ▼ 28 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #94 of 465 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #157 of 487 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #203 of 471 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #142 of 471 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.5% | #313 of 479 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #150 of 305 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
876
-89 (-9%) vs 2020
+46% since 2010-11, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 876 | 64 | 13.7:1 | 63% (556) |
| 2023-24 | 877 | 69 | 12.7:1 | 64% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 891 | 69 | 12.9:1 | 53% (473) |
| 2020-21 | 965 | 70 | 13.8:1 | 44% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 979 | 70 | 14.0:1 | 47% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 965 | 65 | 14.8:1 | 49% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 49 | 12.2:1 | 17% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bennett's Mill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (979 to 876); teachers down 9% (70 to 64).
About Bennett's Mill Middle School
Bennett's Mill Middle School is a middle school located in Fayetteville, Georgia, in Fayette County. Enrollment stands at 876 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
A total of 24 schools make up Fayette County, with 19,800 students enrolled.
About 57% of the student body at Bennett's Mill Middle School is Black. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 14% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 26% of Fayette County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bennett's Mill Middle School is 13.7:1, based on 64 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Bennett's Mill Middle School counts 63% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 34% for public schools in Fayette County.
Bennett's Mill Middle School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Georgia public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bennett's Mill Middle School is +4.0 points: 48.6% actual, 44.5% predicted.
In Fayette County, the median household earns about $111,978 a year, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Fayette County, 26 public schools serve about 20,375 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Bennett's Mill Middle School from the closest public school, Cleveland Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Bennett's Mill Middle School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: 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 9%, from 965 to 876.
This page is set up for the Bennett's Mill Middle School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
122,244
Census ACS
Median income
$111,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
20,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- McIntosh High SchoolHigh · 1,762 students
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Sandy Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- J.C. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
Other schools in Fayetteville
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Rising Starr Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Whitewater Middle SchoolMiddle · 874 students
- Sara Harp Minter Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland Elementary School0.1 mi · 414
- Utopian Academy for the Arts Trilith0.9 mi · 147
- Spring Hill Elementary School2.5 mi · 661
- Fayetteville Elementary School2.8 mi · 507
- Fayette County High School3.0 mi · 1,360
- J.C. Booth Middle School3.0 mi · 1,115
Frequently asked questions
About Bennett's Mill Middle SchoolHow large is Bennett's Mill Middle School?
Bennett's Mill Middle School enrolls approximately 876 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bennett's Mill Middle School serve?
Bennett's Mill Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bennett's Mill Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Bennett's Mill Middle School.
How diverse is Bennett's Mill Middle School?
Bennett's Mill Middle School reports a student body of 14% White, 16% Hispanic, 57% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Bennett's Mill Middle School in?
Bennett's Mill Middle School is part of Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.