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Enrollment
1,426
Middle
DISTRICT 1,201 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUFORD CITY·NCES 130060000276
Buford Middle School
2750 Sawnee Ave, Buford, GA 30518 · (770) 904-3690 · Gwinnett County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,426 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
523 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 | 450 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 479 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 497 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Buford Middle School→Buford High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Buford City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.0pp since 2021
Math
79.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 79.2% |
| 2023-24 | 65.1% | 78.5% |
| 2022-23 | 64.5% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.1% | 72.1% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Buford Middle School
Buford Middle School's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buford Middle School this school | 1,426 | 36.7% | 71.0% |
| Chamblee Middle School Chamblee | 1,018 | 30.6% | 65.4% |
| Mill Creek Middle School Woodstock | 1,476 | 31.5% | 57.0% |
| Woodstock Middle School Woodstock | 1,075 | 42.2% | 49.8% |
| E. T. Booth Middle School Woodstock | 1,675 | 40.8% | 51.1% |
| North Forsyth Middle School Cumming | 1,164 | 29.2% | 46.8% |
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 Buford Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #25 of 470 | #5 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #22 of 474 ▼ 4 | #2 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #42 of 474 ▲ 1 | #4 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #216 of 465 | #9 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,426 | #27 of 487 | #15 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #399 of 471 | #26 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #39 of 471 | #14 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #425 of 479 | #28 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.9% | #20 of 144 | #3 of 14 |
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
1,426
+108 (+8%) vs 2020
+209% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 1,426 | 87.9 | 16.2:1 | 37% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 1,436 | 86 | 16.7:1 | 36% (511) |
| 2022-23 | 1,426 | 82.1 | 17.4:1 | 33% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 1,318 | 70 | 18.8:1 | 34% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 1,124 | 64.2 | 17.5:1 | 39% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 1,008 | 60 | 16.8:1 | 42% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 51% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 42% (228) |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 20 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (1,124 to 1,426); teachers up 37% (64.2 to 87.9).
About Buford Middle School
Buford Middle School sits in Buford, Georgia, and is classified as a middle school. Federal data show 1,426 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Georgia enroll around 763, and this school is 87% above that mark.
Buford Middle School is one of 5 schools in Buford City, which enrolls 6,007 students in total.
About 45% of students at Buford Middle School are White, the largest single group. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 33%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
The school had 87.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 14.1:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 37%. The gap from the 60% average for public schools in Gwinnett County is 23 points.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 71.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 58.4%.
In Gwinnett County, home to about 979,864 people, the median household earns about $87,890 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Buford Middle School shares Gwinnett County with 149 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Buford Academy, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Buford Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Buford Middle School had a net gain of 108 students, or 8%. The school's ratio dropped from 18.8:1 to 16.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Gwinnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,864
Census ACS
Median income
$87,890
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
150
196,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buford City
- Buford High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Buford Senior AcademyElementary · 1,368 students
- Buford AcademyElementary · 816 students
- Buford Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other schools in Buford
- Seckinger High SchoolHigh · 2,318 students
- Buford High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Jones Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,758 students
- Twin Rivers Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,669 students
- Ivy Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,507 students
- Buford Senior AcademyElementary · 1,368 students
Other Buford Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Buford Middle. Buford Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Buford MiddleCharlottesville, VA · 563 students
- Buford MiddleLancaster, SC · 374 students
Nearby schools
- Buford Academy0.4 mi · 816
- Buford Senior Academy0.4 mi · 1,368
- Buford Elementary School0.5 mi · 431
- Buford High School1.0 mi · 1,966
- Harmony Elementary School2.5 mi · 614
- Friendship Elementary School2.6 mi · 673
Frequently asked questions
About Buford Middle SchoolHow many students attend Buford Middle School?
Buford Middle School enrolls approximately 1,426 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Buford Middle School serve?
Buford Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buford Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Buford Middle School is approximately 16.2:1 (88 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Buford Middle School?
At Buford Middle School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 27% Hispanic, 12% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Buford Middle School public or private?
Buford Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Buford City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.