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Chattanooga Valley Middle School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Chattanooga Valley Middle School
Set in Flintstone, Georgia, Chattanooga Valley Middle School is a tight-knit middle-grades school, part of Walker County. It serves 449 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% leaner than the state mean of about 763.
Across the 15 schools in Walker County (8,379 students total), Chattanooga Valley Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Chattanooga Valley Middle School lists that nearly all students (84%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Walker County's rate of about 85%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chattanooga Valley Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.1%, the actual is 38.3%, a residual of +10.2 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Walker County indicate median household income runs about $59,469, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Walker County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,637 students), of which Chattanooga Valley Middle School is one.
The closest other public school is Chattanooga Valley Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chattanooga Valley Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.
Chattanooga Valley Middle School operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chattanooga Valley Middle School has fell 10%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 449 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the Chattanooga Valley Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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