Carrollton Middle School

Carrollton Middle School is a middle school of large scale in Carrollton, Georgia, one of the schools within Carrollton City, caters to 1,280 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 68% larger than the state mean of about 763.

Within Carrollton City, which oversees 4 schools and 5,850 students, Carrollton Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carrollton Middle School reports that 33% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 32% Black, 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the resource side, The school employs 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Carroll County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carrollton Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 43.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Carroll County put the typical household earns roughly $73,714 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Carrollton Middle School is one of 28 public schools in Carroll County (combined enrollment of about 22,250 students).

The closest other public school is Carrollton Upper Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Carrollton Middle School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

Carrollton Middle School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carrollton Middle School has rose 65%, going from 778 students in 2018 to 1,280 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 43% to 33% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.