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Enrollment
934
Middle
DISTRICT 881 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKDALE COUNTY·NCES 130441001587
Edwards Middle School
2633 Stanton Rd SE, Conyers, GA 30094 · (770) 483-3255 · Rockdale County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL934 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Georgia public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
13.8:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
831 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 312 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 311 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
31.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.1pp since 2021
Math
28.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 28.2% |
| 2022-23 | 34.6% | 20.1% |
| 2021-22 | 35.6% | 22.8% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Edwards Middle School
Edwards Middle School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Middle School this school | 934 | 89.0% | 31.6% |
| Tapp Middle School Powder Springs | 809 | 87.4% | 42.9% |
| Cooper Middle School Austell | 1,000 | 91.7% | 48.8% |
| Chestnut Log Middle School Douglasville | 719 | 84.0% | 26.9% |
| Jonesboro Middle School Jonesboro | 895 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
| Sequoyah Middle School Riverdale | 765 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
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 Edwards Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #297 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #328 of 474 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #283 of 474 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #371 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 934 | #126 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #221 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #235 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #209 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #251 of 305 |
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
934
-110 (-11%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,273
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 934 | 67.5 | 13.8:1 | 89% (831) |
| 2023-24 | 935 | 68.3 | 13.7:1 | 86% (800) |
| 2022-23 | 943 | 72 | 13.1:1 | 76% (713) |
| 2020-21 | 1,044 | 73 | 14.3:1 | 61% (633) |
| 2017-18 | 968 | 69 | 14.0:1 | 73% (710) |
| 2015-16 | 828 | 60 | 13.8:1 | 79% (651) |
| 2010-11 | 905 | 60 | 15.1:1 | 67% (606) |
| 2000-01 | 1,152 | 73 | 15.8:1 | 25% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 1,273 | 70 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edwards Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (968 to 934); teachers down 2% (69 to 67.5).
About Edwards Middle School
This page covers Edwards Middle School, a medium-sized middle school in Conyers, Georgia. The school serves 934 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in Georgia is roughly 763 students; this school is 22% above that.
Rockdale County enrolls 15,342 students, and its 18 schools include Edwards Middle School.
By race and ethnicity, Edwards Middle School is 57% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 33% Hispanic, 5% White, and 4% multiracial. The Black share in Rockdale County as a whole is similar, at about 58%. By the diversity index, Edwards Middle School comes in at 56%.
The school employs the equivalent of 67.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.8:1. Middle schools in Georgia average about 14.1:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Edwards Middle School is 89%. Across public schools in Rockdale County, the average is about the same, 88%.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Edwards Middle School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Edwards Middle School scores 31.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.4%.
Among Rockdale County residents, median household income is about $77,247, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Edwards Middle School is one of 19 public schools in Rockdale County, which together enroll about 15,355 students.
The closest other public school is Heritage High School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 24.9% on proficiency, and Edwards Middle School is above that at 31.6%.
Federal data place Edwards Middle School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 1,044 to 934.
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Rockdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,281
Census ACS
Median income
$77,247
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
15,355 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockdale County
- Rockdale County High SchoolHigh · 2,336 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Conyers Middle SchoolMiddle · 943 students
- Hicks Elementary SchoolElementary · 878 students
- General Ray Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 874 students
Other schools in Conyers
- Rockdale County High SchoolHigh · 2,336 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Conyers Middle SchoolMiddle · 943 students
- Hicks Elementary SchoolElementary · 878 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage High School0.7 mi · 1,788
- Sims Elementary School0.7 mi · 462
- Honey Creek Elementary School2.0 mi · 471
- Shoal Creek Elementary School2.6 mi · 666
- Flat Shoals Elementary School2.7 mi · 639
- Peek's Chapel Elementary3.0 mi · 591
Frequently asked questions
About Edwards Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Edwards Middle School?
Edwards Middle School enrolls approximately 934 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Edwards Middle School serve?
Edwards Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Edwards Middle School have?
Edwards Middle School employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Edwards Middle School?
At Edwards Middle School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 33% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Edwards Middle School in?
Edwards Middle School is part of Rockdale County.
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