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Enrollment
1,067
Middle
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA COUNTY·NCES 130141002528
Grovetown Middle School
5463 Harlem Grovetown Rd, Grovetown, GA 30813 · (706) 855-2514 · Columbia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,067 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
16.0:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
634 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 348 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 372 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 347 | 33% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
40.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.1pp since 2021
Math
45.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 36.8% |
| 2022-23 | 36.5% | 33.4% |
| 2021-22 | 36.2% | 30.7% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Grovetown Middle School
Grovetown Middle School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grovetown Middle School this school | 1,067 | 59.4% | 34.1% |
| Barber Middle School Acworth | 790 | 57.8% | 39.2% |
| Carrollton Middle School Carrollton | 1,280 | 58.5% | 43.0% |
| Rutland Middle School Macon | 849 | 60.3% | 19.9% |
| Griffin Middle School Smyrna | 991 | 55.0% | 44.9% |
| Campbell Middle School Smyrna | 1,368 | 56.5% | 41.1% |
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 Grovetown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #271 of 470 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #191 of 474 ▲ 43 | #8 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #183 of 474 ▲ 28 | #8 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.4pp | #64 of 465 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,067 | #76 of 487 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #386 of 471 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #24 of 471 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.4% | #330 of 479 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.4% | #36 of 144 | #3 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
1,067
-29 (-3%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 842
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,067 | 66.6 | 16.0:1 | 59% (634) |
| 2023-24 | 1,088 | 69.5 | 15.7:1 | 59% (646) |
| 2022-23 | 1,080 | 71.6 | 15.1:1 | 49% (525) |
| 2020-21 | 1,096 | 63 | 17.4:1 | 42% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 894 | 54 | 16.6:1 | 48% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 899 | 56 | 16.1:1 | 49% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 842 | 48 | 17.5:1 | 52% (440) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grovetown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (894 to 1,067); teachers up 23% (54 to 66.6).
About Grovetown Middle School
Grovetown Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with its address in Grovetown, Georgia. The school has 1,067 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Georgia have about 763 students on average; enrollment here is 40% higher.
Enrollment across the 31 schools in Columbia County totals 28,964 students.
The biggest share of students at Grovetown Middle School, 43%, is Black. Other reported shares: 24% White, 20% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. That compares with about 19% Black among all Columbia County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
There are 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.0:1. Compared with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 59% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Columbia County is 39%.
Among Georgia public middle schools, Grovetown Middle School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Grovetown Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.1% and a predicted 46.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Columbia County show that median household income comes to about $95,592, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 32, with about 29,518 students.
Grovetown Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Cedar Ridge Elementary School, its nearest public school. Grovetown Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 56.1% on proficiency, and Grovetown Middle School is below that at 34.1%.
Locale data from NCES put Grovetown Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment decreased by 3% across 4 years, from 1,096 in 2020-21 to 1,067 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.4:1 in 2020-21, and 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Grovetown Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,434
Census ACS
Median income
$95,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
29,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia County
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,060 students
Other schools in Grovetown
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,060 students
- Baker Place ElementaryElementary · 958 students
- Grovetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 908 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
- Euchee Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School0.2 mi · 1,060
- Grovetown Elementary School1.6 mi · 908
- Columbia Middle School3.0 mi · 903
- Baker Place Elementary3.1 mi · 958
- Euchee Creek Elementary School3.2 mi · 705
- Grovetown High School3.3 mi · 2,256
Frequently asked questions
About Grovetown Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Grovetown Middle School?
Grovetown Middle School enrolls approximately 1,067 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Grovetown Middle School serve?
Grovetown Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grovetown Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grovetown Middle School is approximately 16.0:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grovetown Middle School?
At Grovetown Middle School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 20% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Grovetown Middle School in?
Grovetown Middle School is part of Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.