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What's one thing Forest Park Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
593
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000466
Forest Park Middle School
2299 Old Rex Marrow Road, Marrow, GA 30260 · (770) 472-2817 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL593 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
593 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 209 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 184 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 200 | 34% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
12.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
9.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.1% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 13.7% | 7.5% |
| 2021-22 | 10.9% | 6.5% |
% 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
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% 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 Forest Park Middle School
Forest Park Middle School's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Park Middle School this school | 593 | 100.0% | 15.0% |
| Betty Gray Middle School Mableton | 702 | 99.0% | 33.3% |
| Coile Middle School Athens | 582 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Washington Middle School Cairo | 631 | 100.0% | 30.3% |
| Floyd Middle School Mableton | 776 | 100.0% | 34.9% |
| Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School Athens | 707 | 100.0% | 40.2% |
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 Forest Park Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #430 of 470 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #456 of 474 ▼ 26 | #14 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #458 of 474 ▼ 5 | #15 of 15 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #324 of 465 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 593 | #327 of 487 | #12 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #123 of 471 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #246 of 471 | #3 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #26 of 479 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #86 of 305 | #5 of 13 |
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
593
-98 (-14%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 593 | 46 | 12.9:1 | 100% (593) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 100% (626) |
| 2022-23 | 685 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 91% (620) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 93% (643) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 99% (712) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 100% (647) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 46 | 14.8:1 | 96% (659) |
| 2000-01 | 780 | 47 | 16.6:1 | 80% (622) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 47 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Forest Park Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (716 to 593); teachers up 2% (45 to 46).
About Forest Park Middle School
Forest Park Middle School is a public middle school run by Clayton County in Marrow, Georgia. Enrollment is 593 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 763-student average for middle schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 22% lower.
Clayton County is the district for Forest Park Middle School. It has 68 schools and 51,326 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Forest Park Middle School is Black (48%). Other groups make up 46% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Clayton County as a whole is about 69% Black, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Forest Park Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
The school reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.9 students per teacher. The 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%.
On BeatsExpectations, Forest Park Middle School is 10.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Clayton County, median household income is about $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Forest Park Middle School is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County, which together enroll about 63,156 students.
Utopian Academy for the Arts High School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 15.0% is below the 23.2% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Forest Park Middle School as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 593, 14% below the 691 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 15.7:1 to 12.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other Forest Park Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Forest Park Middle. Forest Park Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Forest Park MiddleFranklin, WI · 1,056 students
- Forest Park MiddleSpringfield, MA · 282 students
- Forest Park Middle SchoolForest Park, IL · 186 students
Nearby schools
- Utopian Academy for the Arts High School0.0 mi · 291
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.2 mi · 801
- Morrow Middle School0.3 mi · 794
- William M. McGarrah Elementary School0.8 mi · 658
- Morrow Elementary School1.6 mi · 406
- Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School1.6 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Forest Park Middle SchoolHow large is Forest Park Middle School?
Forest Park Middle School enrolls approximately 593 students in grades 06-08.
Is Forest Park Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Forest Park Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Forest Park Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Forest Park Middle School is approximately 12.9:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Forest Park Middle School?
At Forest Park Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 46% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Forest Park Middle School public or private?
Forest Park Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.