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If you had an hour of school board time for Callaway Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
656
Middle
DISTRICT 869 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROUP COUNTY·NCES 130000102443
Callaway Middle School
2244 Hammett Rd, LaGrange, GA 30241 · (706) 845-2080 · Troup County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL656 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
656 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 215 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 245 | 37% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
30.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.2pp since 2021
Math
32.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.6% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 28.4% |
| 2022-23 | 27.2% | 24.1% |
| 2021-22 | 20.5% | 18.4% |
% 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Callaway Middle School
Callaway Middle School's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway Middle School this school | 656 | 100.0% | 31.1% |
| Crisp County Middle School Cordele | 714 | 100.0% | 17.7% |
| Swainsboro Middle School Swainsboro | 596 | 100.0% | 25.3% |
| Bainbridge Middle School Bainbridge | 793 | 100.0% | 32.6% |
| Indian Creek Middle School Covington | 843 | 99.3% | 16.5% |
| Burke County Middle School Waynesboro | 828 | 98.8% | 30.2% |
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 Callaway Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #302 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #297 of 474 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #295 of 474 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.9pp | #28 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 656 | #289 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #147 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #173 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #1 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #167 of 305 |
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
656
-94 (-13%) vs 2020
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 656 | 49.8 | 13.2:1 | 100% (656) |
| 2023-24 | 717 | 49.8 | 14.4:1 | 94% (673) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 52.8 | 14.4:1 | 94% (714) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 95% (711) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 46 | 15.7:1 | 74% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 72% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 72% (478) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 54% (316) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Callaway Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (721 to 656); teachers up 8% (46 to 49.8).
About Callaway Middle School
Callaway Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in LaGrange, Georgia. A total of 656 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8.
The 19 schools of Troup County, including Callaway Middle School, enroll 12,262 students.
At Callaway Middle School, Black students make up 53% of the student body. After that, the student body is 31% White, 10% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Troup County is about 36% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Callaway Middle School is +5.5 points: 31.1% actual, 25.7% predicted.
Federal survey data for Troup County show that the median household income is $56,776, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 19 public schools in Troup County, enrolling about 12,262 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Callaway Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.9%; Callaway Middle School's is 31.1%, ranking 7th of 9.
Callaway Middle School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, Callaway Middle School's enrollment declined 13%, to 656. By 2024-25, the school had 13.2 students per teacher, compared with 15.6 in 2020-21.
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Troup County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,330
Census ACS
Median income
$56,776
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
12,262 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troup County
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 1,399 students
- Troup County High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Long Cane Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Gardner-Newman Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 930 students
- Franklin Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
Other schools in LaGrange
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 1,399 students
- Troup County High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Long Cane Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Gardner-Newman Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Franklin Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
Nearby schools
- Callaway Elementary School0.2 mi · 638
- Callaway High School2.1 mi · 930
- Gardner-Newman Middle School3.3 mi · 963
- Hillcrest Elementary School3.8 mi · 390
- Franklin Forest Elementary4.6 mi · 690
- Hogansville Elementary School5.3 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Callaway Middle SchoolHow many students attend Callaway Middle School?
Callaway Middle School enrolls approximately 656 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Callaway Middle School serve?
Callaway Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Callaway Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Callaway Middle School is approximately 13.2:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Callaway Middle School?
Student demographics at Callaway Middle School are roughly 31% White, 10% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Callaway Middle School in?
Callaway Middle School is part of Troup County.
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