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Enrollment
435
Middle
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY·NCES 130252003448
Carver Road Middle School
2185 Carver Rd, Griffin, GA 30224 · (770) 229-3739 · Spalding County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Georgia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
12.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
435 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 | 132 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 160 | 37% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
23.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
34.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.5% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 30.7% |
| 2022-23 | 26.8% | 28.7% |
| 2021-22 | 23.3% | 26.2% |
% 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
26.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Carver Road Middle School
Carver Road Middle School's state test result (26.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Road Middle School this school | 435 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| Kennedy Road Middle School Griffin | 428 | 100.0% | 18.5% |
| Double Churches Middle School Columbus | 429 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Jefferson County Middle School Stapleton | 440 | 100.0% | 14.9% |
| Midland Middle School Midland | 455 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Cowan Road Middle School Griffin | 530 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
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 Carver Road Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #343 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #281 of 474 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #375 of 474 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #230 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #410 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #101 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #201 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #84 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #145 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
435
-50 (-10%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 435 | 34.2 | 12.7:1 | 100% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 34.1 | 13.7:1 | 85% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 32.6 | 14.4:1 | 99% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 66% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 30.4 | 16.1:1 | 90% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 78% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 73% (349) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Road Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (488 to 435); teachers up 13% (30.4 to 34.2).
About Carver Road Middle School
Federal records list Carver Road Middle School as a middle school in Griffin, Georgia. It teaches 435 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 43% below the average of about 763 students for middle schools in Georgia.
Griffin-Spalding County is the district for Carver Road Middle School. It has 18 schools and 9,350 students.
Federal enrollment data show Carver Road Middle School is 59% Black. Other groups include 20% White, 13% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 36% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
Carver Road Middle School reported 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.7:1. Middle schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 14.1:1. Roughly 100% of students at Carver Road Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Spalding County report 92%.
Among Georgia public middle schools, Carver Road Middle School outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Carver Road Middle School would score about 25.7%. It scores 26.4%, within a point of that figure.
In Spalding County, the median household earns about $62,071 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Across Spalding County, 18 public schools serve about 9,350 students.
The closest school to Carver Road Middle School is Moreland Road Elementary, located about 0.1 miles away. Carver Road Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Carver Road Middle School's average proficiency of 26.4% compares with 23.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Carver Road Middle School's location as Town: Fringe.
From 485 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 435 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.7 to 12.7 over 4 years.
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Spalding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,892
Census ACS
Median income
$62,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,350 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Griffin-Spalding County
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
Other schools in Griffin
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
Nearby schools
- Moreland Road Elementary0.1 mi · 490
- Anne Street Elementary School3.3 mi · 352
- Crescent Road Elementary School3.4 mi · 429
- Griffin High School3.4 mi · 1,505
- Orrs Elementary School4.1 mi · 467
- Futral Road Elementary School4.2 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Carver Road Middle SchoolHow large is Carver Road Middle School?
Carver Road Middle School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Carver Road Middle School serve?
Carver Road Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carver Road Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carver Road Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Carver Road Middle School?
Carver Road Middle School reports a student body of 20% White, 13% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Carver Road Middle School public or private?
Carver Road Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Griffin-Spalding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.