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Enrollment
881
Middle
DISTRICT 922 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228001928
Crabapple Middle School
10900 Woodstock Rd., Roswell, GA 30075 · (470) 254-4520 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL881 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Georgia public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
12.7:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
172 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 280 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 311 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 290 | 33% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Crabapple Middle School→Roswell High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.0pp since 2021
Math
66.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.9% | 66.7% |
| 2022-23 | 69.9% | 62.9% |
| 2021-22 | 68.8% | 62.3% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Crabapple Middle School
Crabapple Middle School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crabapple Middle School this school | 881 | 19.5% | 65.2% |
| Greenbrier Middle School Evans | 853 | 18.5% | 68.4% |
| Durham Middle School Acworth | 984 | 21.6% | 61.7% |
| Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School Dallas | 834 | 24.8% | 60.4% |
| Riverside Middle School Evans | 711 | 22.1% | 60.7% |
| Rising Starr Middle School Fayetteville | 931 | 14.9% | 75.9% |
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 Crabapple Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #45 of 470 | #8 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #58 of 474 ▼ 11 | #8 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #38 of 474 ▼ 5 | #9 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #384 of 465 | #34 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 881 | #155 of 487 | #14 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #93 of 471 | #17 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #286 of 471 | #16 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #456 of 479 | #32 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #182 of 305 | #22 of 26 |
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
881
+23 (+3%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 1,151
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 881 | 69.5 | 12.7:1 | 20% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 70.2 | 13.0:1 | 18% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 871 | 65.6 | 13.3:1 | 13% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 858 | 61 | 14.1:1 | 11% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 959 | 64.5 | 14.9:1 | 14% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 971 | 70 | 13.9:1 | 16% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 798 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 24% (191) |
| 2000-01 | 1,184 | 84 | 14.1:1 | 18% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 1,151 | 75 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crabapple Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (959 to 881); teachers up 8% (64.5 to 69.5).
About Crabapple Middle School
Crabapple Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle school in Roswell, Georgia. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 881 students.
Across its 107 schools, Fulton County enrolls 87,563 students. Crabapple Middle School is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at Crabapple Middle School, with 67% of enrollment. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Fulton County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 51% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 69.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.7 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 20%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fulton County is 62%.
The allk12 Grade for Crabapple Middle School is B+. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Georgia, Crabapple Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 65.2% actual against a predicted 67.2%.
Census estimates describe Fulton County this way: the median household income is $95,292, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Fulton County has 205 public schools and roughly 138,270 students.
Nearest public school: Roswell North Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Crabapple Middle School at 3rd of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Crabapple Middle School as City: Small.
Enrollment at Crabapple Middle School grew 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 858 to 881 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Crabapple Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Roswell
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Roswell North Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Elkins Pointe Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- International Charter School of AtlantaElementary · 846 students
- Sweet Apple Elementary SchoolElementary · 845 students
Nearby schools
- Roswell North Elementary School0.6 mi · 950
- Fulton Academy of Science and Technology1.3 mi · 552
- Roswell High School1.3 mi · 2,035
- Vickery Mill Elementary1.7 mi · 407
- Independence High School1.9 mi · 129
- Sweet Apple Elementary School2.0 mi · 845
Frequently asked questions
About Crabapple Middle SchoolHow many students attend Crabapple Middle School?
Crabapple Middle School enrolls approximately 881 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Crabapple Middle School serve?
Crabapple Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crabapple Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crabapple Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (70 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Crabapple Middle School?
Crabapple Middle School reports a student body of 67% White, 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Crabapple Middle School in?
Crabapple Middle School is part of Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.