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What's one thing Chestatee Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
834
Middle
DISTRICT 758 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALL COUNTY·NCES 130261002327
Chestatee Middle School
2740 Fran Mar Dr, Gainesville, GA 30506 · (770) 297-6270 · Hall County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL834 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
66 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
596 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 262 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 289 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 34% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
27.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.4pp since 2021
Math
44.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 44.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 41.2% |
| 2022-23 | 31.1% | 33.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 33.4% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Chestatee Middle School
Chestatee Middle School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestatee Middle School this school | 834 | 71.5% | 33.6% |
| West Hall Middle School Oakwood | 842 | 74.1% | 24.3% |
| Gainesville Middle School East Gainesville | 896 | 73.3% | 25.6% |
| East Hall Middle School Gainesville | 775 | 81.8% | 26.8% |
| Westside Middle School Winder | 793 | 70.6% | 30.5% |
| Cedartown Middle School Cedartown | 997 | 80.2% | 30.4% |
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 Chestatee Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #282 of 470 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #196 of 474 no change | #5 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #337 of 474 ▼ 41 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #203 of 465 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 834 | #178 of 487 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #88 of 471 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #268 of 471 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #291 of 479 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #73 of 305 | #5 of 6 |
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
834
-78 (-9%) vs 2020
+8% since 2000-01, when it was 770
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 834 | 66.4 | 12.6:1 | 71% (596) |
| 2023-24 | 849 | 67.9 | 12.5:1 | 72% (613) |
| 2022-23 | 895 | 69.1 | 12.9:1 | 60% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 912 | 70 | 13.0:1 | 53% (487) |
| 2017-18 | 1,026 | 67.5 | 15.2:1 | 64% (654) |
| 2015-16 | 1,007 | 63 | 16.0:1 | 62% (620) |
| 2010-11 | 957 | 67 | 14.3:1 | 61% (583) |
| 2000-01 | 770 | 53 | 14.5:1 | 38% (296) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chestatee Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,026 to 834); teachers down 2% (67.5 to 66.4).
About Chestatee Middle School
Chestatee Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Hall County, located in Gainesville, Georgia. The school had 834 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
The district, Hall County, operates 38 schools serving 28,028 students.
At 54%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Chestatee Middle School combined. After that, the student body is 42% White. Among all residents of Hall County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. By the diversity index, Chestatee Middle School comes in at 53%.
Teachers at Chestatee Middle School total 66.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 71%.
A school with Chestatee Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 40.4%. Chestatee Middle School scores 33.6%, 6.8 points below that line.
Federal survey data for Hall County show that median household income is about $80,901, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Chestatee Middle School is among the 49 public schools in Hall County.
Sardis Elementary School is located about 0.2 miles from Chestatee Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Chestatee Middle School is ahead of the 29.8% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Chestatee Middle School as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 912 in 2020-21 and 834 in 2024-25, a decrease of 78 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Chestatee Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hall County
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Flowery Branch HighHigh · 1,304 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- West Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,274 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- Cherokee Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,202 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
Nearby schools
- Sardis Elementary School0.2 mi · 556
- Chestatee High School0.4 mi · 1,245
- Lanier Elementary School3.9 mi · 557
- Centennial Arts Academy4.2 mi · 760
- Gainesville Exploration Academy4.3 mi · 536
- Gainesville High School4.4 mi · 2,077
Frequently asked questions
About Chestatee Middle SchoolHow many students attend Chestatee Middle School?
Chestatee Middle School enrolls approximately 834 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Chestatee Middle School serve?
Chestatee Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chestatee Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chestatee Middle School is approximately 12.6:1 (66 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chestatee Middle School?
At Chestatee Middle School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 54% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Chestatee Middle School in?
Chestatee Middle School is part of Hall County.
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