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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Eastbrook Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
624
Middle
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570001816
Eastbrook Middle School
700 Hill Rd, Dalton, GA 30721 · (706) 278-6135 · Whitfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
624 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 196 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 240 | 38% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
26.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
27.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.4% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 25.9% | 24.1% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Eastbrook Middle School
Eastbrook Middle School's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbrook Middle School this school | 624 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| Pearson Middle School Marietta | 806 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Smitha Middle School Marietta | 866 | 99.1% | 30.3% |
| East Hall Middle School Gainesville | 775 | 81.8% | 26.8% |
| DeKalb PATH Academy Charter School Brookhaven | 369 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| Berkmar Middle School Lilburn | 1,039 | 92.1% | 36.8% |
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 Eastbrook Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #381 of 470 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #341 of 474 ▲ 18 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #353 of 474 ▲ 12 | #7 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #345 of 465 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #315 of 487 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #146 of 471 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #363 of 471 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #145 of 479 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #166 of 305 | N/A |
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
624
-141 (-18%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 624 | 47.4 | 13.2:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 45.4 | 13.9:1 | 95% (597) |
| 2022-23 | 680 | 47.4 | 14.3:1 | 87% (589) |
| 2020-21 | 765 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 73% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 688 | 52 | 13.2:1 | 92% (635) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 92% (616) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 90% (547) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 56 | 14.3:1 | 57% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 43 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastbrook Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (688 to 624); teachers down 9% (52 to 47.4).
About Eastbrook Middle School
Eastbrook Middle School is a small middle-grades school in Dalton, Georgia, one of the schools in Whitfield County. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 624 students.
Whitfield County enrolls 11,942 students, and its 22 schools include Eastbrook Middle School.
At Eastbrook Middle School, Hispanic students make up 75% of the student body. It is also 20% White and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Whitfield County is roughly 37% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Eastbrook Middle School operates with 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.2:1. On average, middle schools in Georgia have 14.1:1, compared with 13.2:1 here. Eastbrook Middle School reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 83% average for public schools in Whitfield County is 17 points.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Eastbrook Middle School would score about 25.7%. It scores 22.1%, 3.6 points below that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Whitfield County show that the median household income is $67,070, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Eastbrook Middle School is one of 33 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Antioch Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Eastbrook Middle School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 22.1% against a local average of 27.8%.
Eastbrook Middle School is coded as Suburb: Small in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 624, an 18% decrease from 765 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.3 to 13.2 over 4 years.
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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 Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 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
Other Eastbrook Middle schools
One other US public school is named Eastbrook Middle. Eastbrook Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMarion, IN · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Antioch Elementary School0.4 mi · 446
- Eastside Elementary School0.9 mi · 579
- Southeast Whitfield County High School0.9 mi · 1,453
- Blue Ridge Elementary School2.2 mi · 632
- Roan Elementary School2.3 mi · 421
- Brookwood Elementary School2.4 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About Eastbrook Middle SchoolHow many students attend Eastbrook Middle School?
Eastbrook Middle School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades 06-08.
Is Eastbrook Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastbrook Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Eastbrook Middle School have?
Eastbrook Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Eastbrook Middle School?
Student demographics at Eastbrook Middle School are roughly 20% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Eastbrook Middle School in?
Eastbrook Middle School is part of Whitfield County.
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