Crabapple Middle School

Crabapple Middle School is a junior high of average-sized scale in Roswell, Georgia, run under Fulton County, teacheing 881 students in grades 6 through 8.

Fulton County comprises 107 schools with combined enrollment of 87,563 students; Crabapple Middle School is among them.

On demographics, Crabapple Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Crabapple Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at Crabapple Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crabapple Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Crabapple Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roswell North Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crabapple Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crabapple Middle School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Crabapple Middle School's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 959 (now 881). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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