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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Cedar Grove Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
685
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174002310
Cedar Grove Middle School
2300 Wildcat Rd, Decatur, GA 30034 · (678) 874-4202 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Georgia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
685 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 196 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 232 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 257 | 38% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Cedar Grove Middle School→Cedar Grove High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
16.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
21.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.7% | 21.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.9% | 11.2% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 10.5% |
| 2021-22 | 14.8% | 9.1% |
% 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Cedar Grove Middle School
Cedar Grove Middle School's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove Middle School this school | 685 | 100.0% | 13.8% |
| John Lewis Invictus Academy Atlanta | 692 | 100.0% | 13.7% |
| McNair Middle School College Park | 727 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Jean Childs Young Middle School Atlanta | 657 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| Ralph Bunche Middle School Atlanta | 651 | 100.0% | 19.2% |
| Richmond Hill Middle School Augusta | 667 | 100.0% | 6.3% |
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 Cedar Grove Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #438 of 470 | #19 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #377 of 474 ▲ 58 | #13 of 23 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #438 of 474 ▼ 1 | #20 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #131 of 465 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #273 of 487 | #15 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #208 of 471 | #12 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #440 of 471 | #17 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #52 of 479 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #177 of 305 | #11 of 13 |
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
685
-121 (-15%) vs 2020
-51% since 2000-01, when it was 1,390
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 685 | 50 | 13.7:1 | 100% (685) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 100% (712) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 47.5 | 16.4:1 | 100% (777) |
| 2020-21 | 806 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 99% (800) |
| 2017-18 | 749 | 55.5 | 13.5:1 | 100% (749) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 90% (707) |
| 2010-11 | 941 | 60 | 15.7:1 | 78% (730) |
| 2000-01 | 1,390 | 73 | 19.0:1 | 50% (698) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Grove Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (749 to 685); teachers down 10% (55.5 to 50).
About Cedar Grove Middle School
Cedar Grove Middle School, a medium-sized middle-grades school, is located in Decatur, Georgia. The school's 685 students are in grades 6 through 8.
Federal data list 131 schools in DeKalb County, with 92,088 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at Cedar Grove Middle School, 90%, are Black. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The school's Black share is 39 points above the 51% share among DeKalb County residents. Cedar Grove Middle School has a diversity index of 19%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 50 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. Middle schools in Georgia average about 14.1:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County is 23 points.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Cedar Grove Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cedar Grove Middle School would score about 25.7%. It scores 13.8%, 11.9 points below that figure.
In DeKalb County (population about 765,351), median household income is about $80,644, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 154 public schools operate in DeKalb County, serving about 102,960 students.
The next-closest public school is Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 19.1% on proficiency, and Cedar Grove Middle School is below that at 13.8%.
Cedar Grove Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 806 to 685 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Cedar Grove Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
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- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Other Cedar Grove Middle schools
One other US public school is named Cedar Grove Middle. Cedar Grove Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Cedar Grove MiddleSupply, NC · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology0.7 mi · 844
- Cedar Grove High School0.8 mi · 1,121
- Cedar Grove Elementary School0.8 mi · 531
- DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center1.2 mi · 11
- Flat Shoals Elementary School1.5 mi · 373
- Oak View Elementary1.6 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Grove Middle SchoolHow many students attend Cedar Grove Middle School?
Cedar Grove Middle School enrolls approximately 685 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cedar Grove Middle School serve?
Cedar Grove Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cedar Grove Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cedar Grove Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cedar Grove Middle School?
Cedar Grove Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cedar Grove Middle School in?
Cedar Grove Middle School is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.