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Enrollment
1,073
Middle
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000027
David T Howard Middle School
551 John Wesley Dobbs, Atlanta, GA 30312 · (404) 802-3200 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,073 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.2:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
252 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 | 374 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 360 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 339 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%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
David T Howard Middle School→Midtown 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
71.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.1pp since 2021
Math
72.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 66.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.6% | 61.6% |
| 2021-22 | 67.8% | 65.0% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 David T Howard Middle School
David T Howard Middle School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David T Howard Middle School this school | 1,073 | 23.5% | 66.5% |
| Whitewater Middle School Fayetteville | 874 | 23.9% | 61.7% |
| Lost Mountain Middle School Kennesaw | 979 | 22.0% | 69.7% |
| Durham Middle School Acworth | 984 | 21.6% | 61.7% |
| Crossroads Middle School Acworth | 908 | 31.2% | N/A |
| McClure Middle School Kennesaw | 1,030 | 30.7% | 65.5% |
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 David T Howard Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #42 of 470 | #7 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #41 of 474 ▲ 10 | #7 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #21 of 474 ▲ 11 | #6 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #200 of 465 | #21 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,073 | #75 of 487 | #8 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #331 of 471 | #36 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.5% | #91 of 471 | #8 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #445 of 479 | #30 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #303 of 305 | #26 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
1,073
-116 (-10%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 1,073 | 70.5 | 15.2:1 | 23% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 1,056 | 79.3 | 13.3:1 | 27% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 1,119 | 73.4 | 15.3:1 | 19% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 1,189 | 77 | 15.4:1 | 9% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 1,075 | 73.8 | 14.6:1 | 21% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 1,068 | 74 | 14.4:1 | 33% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 872 | 57 | 15.3:1 | 35% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 59% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 45 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David T Howard Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (1,075 to 1,073); teachers down 4% (73.8 to 70.5).
About David T Howard Middle School
David T Howard Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Atlanta, Georgia, (ZIP code 30312). The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,073 students. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 763.
David T Howard Middle School is a school in Atlanta Public Schools. The district has 87 schools and 49,945 students.
No group is above 50% at David T Howard Middle School; the largest is White, at 50%. It is also 28% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Fulton County's residents are about 38% White, 12 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, David T Howard Middle School scores 66%.
Teacher count: 70.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.2:1. Compared with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. The average for public schools in Fulton County is 62%.
David T Howard Middle School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Georgia public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.2% at David T Howard Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.5%.
Fulton County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fulton County's 205 public schools enroll about 138,270 students and include David T Howard Middle School.
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, David T Howard Middle School ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for David T Howard Middle School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 10%.
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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 David T Howard Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at David T Howard Middle School?
David T Howard Middle School enrolls approximately 1,073 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does David T Howard Middle School serve?
David T Howard Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at David T Howard Middle School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at David T Howard Middle School.
What is the student diversity at David T Howard Middle School?
Student demographics at David T Howard Middle School are roughly 50% White, 10% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is David T Howard Middle School public or private?
David T Howard Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.