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Enrollment
903
Middle
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA COUNTY·NCES 130141000607
Columbia Middle School
2013 Raider Way, Grovetown, GA 30813 · (706) 541-1252 · Columbia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL903 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Georgia public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
15.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
399 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 279 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 327 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 297 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
50.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.3pp since 2021
Math
53.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 46.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.5% | 41.8% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Columbia Middle School
Columbia Middle School's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Middle School this school | 903 | 44.2% | 49.8% |
| Ola Middle School McDonough | 1,039 | 44.8% | 45.0% |
| Lena Mae Moses Middle School Dallas | 921 | 48.0% | 39.9% |
| Mossy Creek Middle School Kathleen | 796 | 44.1% | 57.0% |
| Bay Springs Middle School Villa Rica | 723 | 39.0% | 45.1% |
| Lee Middle School Sharpsburg | 730 | 39.9% | 46.6% |
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 Columbia Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #116 of 470 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #117 of 474 ▲ 38 | #6 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #90 of 474 ▼ 4 | #5 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #96 of 465 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 903 | #139 of 487 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #348 of 471 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #33 of 471 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #400 of 479 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #230 of 305 | N/A |
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
903
-85 (-9%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 903 | 58.8 | 15.4:1 | 44% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 939 | 62.6 | 15.0:1 | 46% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 993 | 62.6 | 15.9:1 | 33% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 988 | 62 | 15.9:1 | 30% (299) |
| 2017-18 | 950 | 52.7 | 18.0:1 | 34% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 1,047 | 53 | 19.8:1 | 34% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 766 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 37% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 41 | 16.8:1 | 18% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 37 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (950 to 903); teachers up 12% (52.7 to 58.8).
About Columbia Middle School
Columbia Middle School is a medium-sized middle school located in Grovetown, Georgia. A federal count lists 903 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
The Columbia County system has 31 schools and 28,964 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Columbia Middle School, at 41%. Other groups include 32% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Columbia County residents are about 66% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Columbia Middle School counts 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.4 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. About 44% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for Columbia Middle School is B+. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Columbia Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 49.8% is 4.7 points below the 54.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Columbia County (population about 162,434), the median household income is $95,592, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 32 public schools in Columbia County, enrolling about 29,518 students in all.
Grovetown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Columbia Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Columbia Middle School at 6th of 9.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment decrease, from 988 in 2020-21 to 903 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Columbia Middle School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,434
Census ACS
Median income
$95,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
29,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia County
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
Other schools in Grovetown
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,060 students
- Baker Place ElementaryElementary · 958 students
- Grovetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 908 students
- Euchee Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Other Columbia Middle schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Columbia Middle. Columbia Middle School is the largest of the 11.
- Columbia Middle SchoolDecatur, GA · 571 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMOSES LAKE, WA · 875 students
- Columbia MiddleAdelanto, CA · 754 students
- Columbia MiddleSunnyvale, CA · 697 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolAURORA, CO · 636 students
Nearby schools
- Grovetown High School0.4 mi · 2,256
- Baker Place Elementary0.5 mi · 958
- Lewiston Elementary School2.3 mi · 614
- Euchee Creek Elementary School2.5 mi · 705
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School2.8 mi · 1,060
- Grovetown Middle School3.0 mi · 1,067
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia Middle SchoolHow large is Columbia Middle School?
Columbia Middle School enrolls approximately 903 students in grades 06-08.
Is Columbia Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbia Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Columbia Middle School have?
Columbia Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Columbia Middle School?
Student demographics at Columbia Middle School are roughly 41% White, 15% Hispanic, 32% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Columbia Middle School in?
Columbia Middle School is part of Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.