Chestatee Middle School

Located at 2740 Fran Mar Dr, in Gainesville, Georgia, Chestatee Middle School is a mid-tier middle school that instructs 834 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Hall County.

Hall County comprises 38 schools with combined enrollment of 28,028 students; Chestatee Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Chestatee Middle School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 42% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Chestatee Middle School has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chestatee Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hall County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,901, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chestatee Middle School is one of 49 public schools in Hall County (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students).

Sardis Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Chestatee Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 29.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Chestatee Middle School's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,026 (now 834). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 49% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Chestatee Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.