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What's one thing Dalton Jr. High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
517
Middle
DISTRICT 787 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130162004419
Dalton Jr. High School
1250 Cross Plains Trail, Dalton, GA 30721 · (706) 876-4650 · Whitfield County
GRADES 08–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Georgia public middle schools
- B-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
9.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
372 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 8 | 517 | 100% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
35.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.5pp since 2021
Math
59.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +29.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 59.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.6% | 27.2% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 29.4% |
% 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
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Dalton Jr. High School
Dalton Jr. High School's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalton Jr. High School this school | 517 | 72.0% | 36.9% |
| West Hall Middle School Oakwood | 842 | 74.1% | 24.3% |
| East Hall Middle School Gainesville | 775 | 81.8% | 26.8% |
| South Hall Middle School Gainesville | 955 | 77.4% | 34.3% |
| Hammond Creek Middle School Dalton | 1,057 | 72.8% | 42.9% |
| Gainesville Middle School East Gainesville | 896 | 73.3% | 25.6% |
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 Dalton Jr. High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #240 of 470 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.1% | #91 of 474 ▲ 165 | #1 of 7 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #232 of 474 ▲ 2 | #5 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.1pp | #6 of 465 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #369 of 487 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #7 of 471 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #335 of 471 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #288 of 479 | #7 of 7 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 517 | 52.1 | 9.9:1 | 72% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 1,114 | 81.8 | 13.6:1 | 94% (1,048) |
| 2022-23 | 1,162 | 85.5 | 13.6:1 | 64% (745) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dalton Jr. High School.
About Dalton Jr. High School
Dalton Jr. High School, a small middle school, is located in Dalton, Georgia. The school has 517 students in 2024-25 across grade 8. Middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students, which makes this school 32% below average.
Dalton Public Schools runs 10 schools with a combined 7,619 students. Dalton Jr. High School is one of them.
The largest group at Dalton Jr. High School is Hispanic students, at 72%. Other students are 20% White, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Whitfield County residents are about 37% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dalton Jr. High School scores 44%.
On staff are 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1. Statewide, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Dalton Jr. High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 72%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Whitfield County is 83%.
Dalton Jr. High School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 53% of Georgia public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dalton Jr. High School would score about 40.2%. It scores 36.9%, 3.3 points below that figure.
In Whitfield County, the median household earns about $67,070 a year, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Whitfield County has 33 public schools with about 19,570 students, including Dalton Jr. High School.
The closest school to Dalton Jr. High School is The Dalton Academy, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Dalton Jr. High School's average proficiency of 36.9% compares with 30.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Dalton Jr. High School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The allk12 page for Dalton Jr. High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dalton Public Schools
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
- Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 605 students
Other schools in Dalton
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
Nearby schools
- The Dalton Academy0.0 mi · 469
- Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center0.6 mi · 9
- Hammond Creek Middle School0.6 mi · 1,057
- Park Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 604
- Phoenix High School1.1 mi · 141
- Roan Elementary School1.3 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Dalton Jr. High SchoolHow large is Dalton Jr. High School?
Dalton Jr. High School enrolls approximately 517 students in grades 08-08.
What age range does Dalton Jr. High School serve?
Dalton Jr. High School serves students from grade 08 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Dalton Jr. High School have?
Dalton Jr. High School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Dalton Jr. High School?
Student demographics at Dalton Jr. High School are roughly 20% White, 72% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Dalton Jr. High School in?
Dalton Jr. High School is part of Dalton Public Schools.
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