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What's the most underrated thing about Cowan Road Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
530
Middle
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY·NCES 130252002430
Cowan Road Middle School
1185 Cowan Rd, Griffin, GA 30223 · (770) 229-3722 · Spalding County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% 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.
- BThree-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
14.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
530 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 155 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 198 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 177 | 33% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
18.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.1pp since 2021
Math
16.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 10.8% |
| 2022-23 | 14.8% | 9.6% |
| 2021-22 | 13.6% | 9.5% |
% 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
13.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
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 Cowan Road Middle School
Cowan Road Middle School's state test result (13.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowan Road Middle School this school | 530 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
| Cousins Middle School Covington | 563 | 100.0% | 20.3% |
| Hilsman Middle School Athens | 624 | 100.0% | 25.1% |
| Carver Road Middle School Griffin | 435 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| Midland Middle School Midland | 455 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Kennedy Road Middle School Griffin | 428 | 100.0% | 18.5% |
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 Cowan Road Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.9% | #437 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #420 of 474 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #421 of 474 ▲ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #170 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #358 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #242 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #225 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #83 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #186 of 305 |
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
530
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 530 | 37.8 | 14.0:1 | 100% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 37.9 | 14.6:1 | 100% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 29.7 | 18.3:1 | 99% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 75% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 37.6 | 15.3:1 | 90% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 90% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 88% (498) |
| 2000-01 | 643 | 36 | 17.9:1 | 43% (277) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cowan Road Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (575 to 530); teachers up 1% (37.6 to 37.8).
About Cowan Road Middle School
Cowan Road Middle School is a small middle school in Griffin, Georgia, under Griffin-Spalding County. It reports enrollment of 530 students in grades 6 through 8. The school is 31% below the average for middle schools in Georgia.
Griffin-Spalding County runs 18 schools with a combined 9,350 students. Cowan Road Middle School is one of them.
At Cowan Road Middle School, 61% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 16% White, 16% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Spalding County is about 36% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cowan Road Middle School scores 57%.
The school has 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.0 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Georgia is about 14.1:1. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 92% average among public schools in Spalding County.
Cowan Road Middle School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Georgia public middle schools.
Cowan Road Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.9% is 11.8 points below the 25.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Spalding County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $62,071 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Spalding County number 18, with about 9,350 students.
Cowan Road Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Cowan Road Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Cowan Road Middle School is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Cowan Road Middle School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment fell 9% over 4 years, reaching 530 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Spalding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,892
Census ACS
Median income
$62,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,350 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Griffin-Spalding County
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Moreland Road ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Griffin
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Moreland Road ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Cowan Road Elementary School0.2 mi · 557
- Orrs Elementary School1.8 mi · 467
- Griffin High School2.3 mi · 1,505
- Atkinson Elementary School2.8 mi · 366
- Jordan Hill Road Elementary School2.8 mi · 396
- Moore Elementary School3.0 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About Cowan Road Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cowan Road Middle School?
Cowan Road Middle School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cowan Road Middle School serve?
Cowan Road Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cowan Road Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cowan Road Middle School is approximately 14.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cowan Road Middle School?
At Cowan Road Middle School, the student body is approximately 16% White, 16% Hispanic, 61% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Cowan Road Middle School public or private?
Cowan Road Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Griffin-Spalding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.