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What's the most underrated thing about Gainesville Middle School East that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
896
Middle
DISTRICT 914 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAINESVILLE CITY·NCES 130231003897
Gainesville Middle School East
1581 Community Way, Gainesville, GA 30501 · (770) 534-4237 · Hall County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL896 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Georgia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
14.7:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
657 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 292 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 309 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 295 | 33% |
Student demographics
60%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
32.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.3pp since 2021
Math
27.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.3% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.1% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 23.1% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Gainesville Middle School East
Gainesville Middle School East's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville Middle School East this school | 896 | 73.3% | 25.6% |
| West Hall Middle School Oakwood | 842 | 74.1% | 24.3% |
| Gainesville Middle School West Gainesville- | 931 | 73.3% | 22.9% |
| Henderson Middle School Chamblee | 1,367 | 73.5% | 33.7% |
| East Hall Middle School Gainesville | 775 | 81.8% | 26.8% |
| Hammond Creek Middle School Dalton | 1,057 | 72.8% | 42.9% |
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 Gainesville Middle School East ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #348 of 470 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #336 of 474 ▼ 5 | #8 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #276 of 474 ▲ 86 | #5 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #137 of 465 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 896 | #142 of 487 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #290 of 471 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #185 of 471 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.3% | #276 of 479 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.1% | #2 of 305 | #1 of 6 |
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
896
-863 (-49%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 1,415
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 896 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 73% (657) |
| 2023-24 | 893 | 57.5 | 15.5:1 | 73% (655) |
| 2022-23 | 841 | 56 | 15.0:1 | 73% (616) |
| 2020-21 | 1,759 | 118 | 14.9:1 | 73% (1,290) |
| 2017-18 | 1,726 | 103.2 | 16.7:1 | 79% (1,356) |
| 2015-16 | 1,722 | 103 | 16.7:1 | 79% (1,354) |
| 2010-11 | 1,415 | 87 | 16.3:1 | 82% (1,155) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gainesville Middle School East.
Since 2017-18: students down 48% (1,726 to 896); teachers down 41% (103.2 to 61).
About Gainesville Middle School East
Gainesville Middle School East is one of the public schools in Gainesville, Georgia. It is a mid-sized middle-grades school. It had 896 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
District-wide, Gainesville City has 10 schools and 8,480 students.
At Gainesville Middle School East, 58% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 18% White, 17% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 29% Hispanic share among all Hall County residents. The diversity index for Gainesville Middle School East is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 61 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1. That is in line with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 73% of the student body. For comparison, public schools in Hall County average 64%.
Among Georgia public middle schools, Gainesville Middle School East outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 39.5% for a school in Georgia with Gainesville Middle School East's free or reduced-price lunch share. Gainesville Middle School East posts 25.6%.
In Hall County, median household income comes to about $80,901, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 49, with about 36,525 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, New Holland Leadership Academy, is the closest to Gainesville Middle School East. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Gainesville Middle School East. Its average proficiency rate of 25.6% is below the 27.1% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21 the school reported 1,759 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 896. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large.
On allk12, people connected to Gainesville Middle School East can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gainesville City
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Gainesville Middle School WestMiddle · 931 students
- Mundy Mill Arts AcademyElementary · 825 students
- Enota Multiple Intelligences AcademyElementary · 767 students
- Centennial Arts AcademyElementary · 760 students
- Fair Street International AcademyElementary · 651 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
Nearby schools
- New Holland Leadership Academy0.5 mi · 573
- Fair Street International Academy0.9 mi · 651
- Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center1.0 mi · 17
- Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy1.2 mi · 767
- Horizon Academy School1.5 mi · 464
- Riverbend Elementary School1.6 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About Gainesville Middle School EastWhat is the total enrollment at Gainesville Middle School East?
Gainesville Middle School East enrolls approximately 896 students in grades 06-08.
Is Gainesville Middle School East an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gainesville Middle School East is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Gainesville Middle School East?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Gainesville Middle School East.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gainesville Middle School East?
At Gainesville Middle School East, the student body is approximately 18% White, 58% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Gainesville Middle School East?
Gainesville Middle School East is overseen by Gainesville City in Hall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.