DeSana Middle School

DeSana Middle School is an expansive 6-8 campus in Alpharetta, Georgia, part of Forsyth County. The school instructs 1,278 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 67% bigger than typical.

Within Forsyth County, which oversees 42 schools and 54,864 students, DeSana Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, DeSana Middle School logs that the largest single group is Asian at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 22% White, 17% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, DeSana Middle School shows 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, DeSana Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.2%, the actual is 63.5%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Forsyth County reports that median household earnings sit near $143,784, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Forsyth County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students), DeSana Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Brandywine Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DeSana Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. DeSana Middle School's enrollment has grew 49% since 2018, when it stood at 857 (now 1,278). Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 24% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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