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General Ray Davis Middle School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About General Ray Davis Middle School
General Ray Davis Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Stockbridge, Georgia, part of Rockdale County. The school serves 874 students in grades 6 through 8.
Rockdale County comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 15,342 students; General Ray Davis Middle School is among them.
Demographically, General Ray Davis Middle School records that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, General Ray Davis Middle School has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rockdale County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, General Ray Davis Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.1%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Rockdale County indicate median household income runs about $77,247, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. General Ray Davis Middle School is one of 19 public schools in Rockdale County (combined enrollment of about 15,355 students).
Lorraine Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around General Ray Davis Middle School. On composite proficiency, General Ray Davis Middle School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.
General Ray Davis Middle School operates from a rural location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at General Ray Davis Middle School has contracted 22%, going from 1,119 students in 2018 to 874 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 21% to 10% over that span.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Rockdale County at a glance
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