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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Fort Valley Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
434
Middle
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEACH COUNTY·NCES 130405001482
Fort Valley Middle School
712 Peggy Dr, Fort Valley, GA 31030 · (478) 825-2413 · Peach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 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.
- A-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
13.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
434 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 147 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 151 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 136 | 31% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Fort Valley Middle School→Peach County High School
Based on grade levels within Peach County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
24.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.7pp since 2021
Math
25.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% | 25.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 22.1% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 11.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 15.3% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 Fort Valley Middle School
Fort Valley Middle School's state test result (24.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Valley Middle School this school | 434 | 100.0% | 24.2% |
| Anita White Carson Middle School Greensboro | 388 | 100.0% | 20.3% |
| Eddy Middle School Columbus | 448 | 100.0% | 6.9% |
| Adamson Middle School Rex | 509 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| Cowan Road Middle School Griffin | 530 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
| Sumter County Middle School Americus | 549 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
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 Fort Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #360 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #352 of 474 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #365 of 474 ▲ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #92 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #411 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #138 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #284 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #114 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #233 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
434
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 434 | 33.2 | 13.1:1 | 100% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 35.7 | 13.1:1 | 100% (466) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 82% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 75% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 31.5 | 14.5:1 | 88% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 88% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 87% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 84% (498) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 42 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (456 to 434); teachers up 5% (31.5 to 33.2).
About Fort Valley Middle School
Fort Valley Middle School is a small middle-grades school in Fort Valley, Georgia, (ZIP code 31030). Total enrollment is 434 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. It has 43% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Georgia (about 763).
Peach County, which runs Fort Valley Middle School, has 7 schools and 3,980 students.
About 65% of the student body at Fort Valley Middle School is Black. Enrollment also includes 22% Hispanic, 9% White, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Peach County, the Black share is about 42%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.1:1 is based on 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 14.1:1. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Peach County.
Fort Valley Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Georgia public middle schools.
Fort Valley Middle School scores 24.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.7%.
The school's county is Peach County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,293 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Fort Valley Middle School shares Peach County with 6 other public schools.
Peach County Achievement Academy sits about 0.5 miles from Fort Valley Middle School. Fort Valley Middle School has 3 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 23.7%, lower than Fort Valley Middle School's 24.2%.
Federal data place Fort Valley Middle School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's size has been steady, with 442 students in 2020-21 and 434 in 2024-25.
Fort Valley Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Peach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,560
Census ACS
Median income
$71,293
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peach County
- Peach County High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Byron Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Kay Road ElementaryElementary · 512 students
- Byron Middle SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Peach County Achievement AcademyHigh · 60 students
Other schools in Fort Valley
- Peach County High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Peach County Achievement AcademyHigh · 60 students
Nearby schools
- Peach County Achievement Academy0.5 mi · 60
- Hunt Elementary School0.6 mi · 654
- Peach County High School4.6 mi · 1,162
- Kay Road Elementary9.1 mi · 512
- Byron Middle School10.9 mi · 452
- Byron Elementary School11.0 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Fort Valley Middle School?
Fort Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fort Valley Middle School serve?
Fort Valley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Fort Valley Middle School have?
Fort Valley Middle School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Fort Valley Middle School?
Fort Valley Middle School reports a student body of 9% White, 22% Hispanic, 65% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Fort Valley Middle School in?
Fort Valley Middle School is part of Peach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.