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Enrollment
627
Middle
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000017
Crawford Long Middle School
3200 Latona Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30354 · (404) 802-4800 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Georgia public middle schools
- FTest 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.
- B-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
10.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
627 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 193 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 222 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 212 | 34% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Crawford Long Middle School→South Atlanta High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
13.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
13.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.8% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 10.8% |
| 2022-23 | 13.7% | 7.8% |
| 2021-22 | 12.8% | 6.6% |
% 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
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 Crawford Long Middle School
Crawford Long Middle School's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford Long Middle School this school | 627 | 100.0% | 11.9% |
| Jean Childs Young Middle School Atlanta | 657 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| McNair Middle School Decatur | 701 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
| Miller Grove Middle School Decatur | 625 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| Glenn Hills Middle School Augusta | 706 | 100.0% | 5.3% |
| Newbern Middle School Valdosta | 725 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
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 Crawford Long Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #450 of 470 | #35 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #434 of 474 ▲ 2 | #30 of 35 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #453 of 474 ▼ 10 | #33 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #253 of 465 | #25 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #309 of 487 | #24 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #21 of 471 | #6 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #424 of 471 | #20 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #3 of 479 | #1 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #120 of 305 | #17 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
627
-148 (-19%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 825
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 627 | 57.6 | 10.9:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 62.6 | 10.4:1 | 100% (649) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 61.8 | 11.4:1 | 100% (705) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 58 | 13.4:1 | 100% (775) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 45.8 | 15.8:1 | 100% (723) |
| 2015-16 | 658 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 100% (655) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 95% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 898 | 47 | 19.1:1 | 87% (778) |
| 1990-91 | 825 | 50 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crawford Long Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (723 to 627); teachers up 26% (45.8 to 57.6).
About Crawford Long Middle School
Atlanta, Georgia, is home to Crawford Long Middle School, a small middle school. The school reports 627 students in grades 6 through 8.
District-wide, Atlanta Public Schools has 87 schools and 49,945 students.
Black students are the large majority at Crawford Long Middle School, with 87% of enrollment. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic. County-wide, 43% of Fulton County residents are Black. Crawford Long Middle School has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 10.9:1 comes from the school's 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 100% of students at Crawford Long Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 38 points lower.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Crawford Long Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 25.7% for a school in Georgia with Crawford Long Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Crawford Long Middle School posts 11.9%.
Among Fulton County residents, median household income is about $95,292, roughly 59% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 205 public schools in Fulton County, with a combined enrollment of about 138,270.
Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 21.1% on proficiency, and Crawford Long Middle School is below that at 11.9%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 775 in 2020-21 and 627 in 2024-25, a decrease of 148 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.9:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About Crawford Long Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Crawford Long Middle School?
Crawford Long Middle School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades 06-08.
Is Crawford Long Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crawford Long Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Crawford Long Middle School have?
Crawford Long Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Crawford Long Middle School?
Student demographics at Crawford Long Middle School are roughly 0% White, 12% Hispanic, 87% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Crawford Long Middle School?
Crawford Long Middle School is overseen by Atlanta Public Schools in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.