1
What's one thing Durham Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
984
Middle
DISTRICT 921 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002248
Durham Middle School
2891 Mars Hill Rd NW, Acworth, GA 30101 · (770) 975-6641 · Cobb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL984 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% 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.
- 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.
- FThree-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
16.1:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
213 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 311 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 327 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 346 | 35% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
55.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -11.5pp since 2021
Math
63.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 67.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.8% | 61.9% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 63.3% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Durham Middle School
Durham Middle School's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Middle School this school | 984 | 21.6% | 61.7% |
| Lost Mountain Middle School Kennesaw | 979 | 22.0% | 69.7% |
| Crabapple Middle School Roswell | 881 | 19.5% | 65.2% |
| Whitewater Middle School Fayetteville | 874 | 23.9% | 61.7% |
| Greenbrier Middle School Evans | 853 | 18.5% | 68.4% |
| Riverside Middle School Evans | 711 | 22.1% | 60.7% |
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 Durham Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #54 of 470 | #9 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #65 of 474 ▼ 20 | #9 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #67 of 474 ▼ 16 | #9 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #10 of 465 | #2 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 984 | #103 of 487 | #10 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #392 of 471 | #21 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #213 of 471 | #19 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #450 of 479 | #23 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #247 of 305 | #21 of 22 |
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
984
-80 (-8%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 1,351
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 984 | 61.2 | 16.1:1 | 22% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 1,020 | 58 | 17.6:1 | 24% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 1,029 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 15% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 1,064 | 59 | 18.0:1 | 12% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 1,022 | 61.5 | 16.6:1 | 11% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 1,038 | 62 | 16.7:1 | 14% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 1,104 | 69 | 16.0:1 | 14% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 1,351 | 86 | 15.7:1 | 6% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Durham Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,022 to 984); teachers unchanged (61.5 to 61.2).
About Durham Middle School
Durham Middle School, a mid-sized middle school, is located in Acworth, Georgia. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 984 students. Middle schools in Georgia have about 763 students on average; enrollment here is 29% higher.
Durham Middle School is among 110 schools run by Cobb County, which serves 105,738 students.
More than half of enrollment at Durham Middle School is White: 61%. Next come 17% Black, 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 49% White. The diversity index for Durham Middle School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 61.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. Middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cobb County report 53%.
Among Georgia public middle schools, Durham Middle School outscored 57%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.2% for Durham Middle School. The school posts 61.7%, 4.4 points below the prediction.
In the surrounding county, Cobb County, the median household earns about $102,738 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 51%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Cobb County has 129 public schools with about 116,609 students, including Durham Middle School.
Among nearby public schools, Frey Elementary School is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 59.1% proficiency; Durham Middle School posts 61.7%.
Durham Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 80 students, from 1,064 to 984. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.1:1) than in 2020-21 (18.0:1).
On allk12, people connected to Durham Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Acworth
- Allatoona High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Clark Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,108 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Pitner Elementary SchoolElementary · 802 students
- Barber Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
- Pickett's Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 753 students
Nearby schools
- Frey Elementary School0.2 mi · 691
- Lewis Elementary School1.8 mi · 550
- Pickett's Mill Elementary School2.0 mi · 753
- Allatoona High School2.1 mi · 1,560
- Roland W. Russom Elementary2.8 mi · 982
- McCall Primary School2.9 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Durham Middle SchoolHow many students attend Durham Middle School?
Durham Middle School enrolls approximately 984 students in grades 06-08.
Is Durham Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Durham Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Durham Middle School have?
Durham Middle School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Durham Middle School?
At Durham Middle School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 12% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Durham Middle School public or private?
Durham Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.