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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Herschel Jones Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
728
Middle
DISTRICT 734 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402001472
Herschel Jones Middle School
100 Stadium Dr, Dallas, GA 30132 · (770) 443-8024 · Paulding County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% 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.
- C-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
13.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
522 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 248 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 238 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 33% |
Student demographics
66%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
29.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.4pp since 2021
Math
24.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 21.3% |
| 2022-23 | 31.2% | 17.2% |
| 2021-22 | 26.8% | 26.5% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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%.
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 Herschel Jones Middle School
Herschel Jones Middle School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herschel Jones Middle School this school | 728 | 71.7% | 27.0% |
| Midway Middle School Midway | 750 | 72.5% | 38.5% |
| P. B. Ritch Middle School Dallas | 690 | 68.3% | 31.9% |
| Mason Creek Middle School Winston | 853 | 68.5% | 46.2% |
| Locust Grove Middle Locust Grove | 1,010 | 67.4% | 23.9% |
| Pine Grove Middle School Valdosta | 733 | 71.5% | 56.5% |
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 Herschel Jones Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #338 of 470 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #359 of 474 ▼ 4 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #318 of 474 ▼ 21 | #9 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #397 of 465 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #247 of 487 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #228 of 471 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #85 of 471 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #289 of 479 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #131 of 144 | N/A |
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
728
-90 (-11%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 728 | 52.5 | 13.9:1 | 72% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 809 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 74% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 807 | 52 | 15.5:1 | 61% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 818 | 49 | 16.7:1 | 56% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 62% (442) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 62% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 60% (404) |
| 2000-01 | 844 | 56 | 15.1:1 | 33% (275) |
| 1990-91 | 662 | 37 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herschel Jones Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (714 to 728); teachers up 12% (47 to 52.5).
About Herschel Jones Middle School
Herschel Jones Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Georgia, with an address in Dallas. The student body numbers 728 students, from grades 6 through 8.
The district, Paulding County, has 31,426 students enrolled across 34 schools.
Enrollment at Herschel Jones Middle School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 48%. It is also 29% White, 15% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Paulding County is roughly 23% Black. Herschel Jones Middle School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 52.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.9:1. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average ratio is about 14.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Herschel Jones Middle School is 72%. On average, public schools in Paulding County report 51%.
The allk12 Grade for Herschel Jones Middle School is D. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Herschel Jones Middle School is 13.3 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.0% actual, 40.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Within Paulding County, median household income is about $98,031, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Paulding County number 34 and enroll about 31,426.
Dallas Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Herschel Jones Middle School is behind the 35.9% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 11%, from 818 to 728. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.7 to 13.9 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Paulding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,909
Census ACS
Median income
$98,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
31,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paulding County
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
Other schools in Dallas
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
- WC Abney ElementaryElementary · 1,324 students
- Burnt Hickory Elementary SchoolElementary · 996 students
Nearby schools
- Dallas Elementary School1.1 mi · 513
- Northside Elementary School1.9 mi · 626
- Paulding County High School2.5 mi · 2,099
- Lena Mae Moses Middle School3.0 mi · 921
- Allgood Elementary School3.7 mi · 811
- WC Abney Elementary4.3 mi · 1,324
Frequently asked questions
About Herschel Jones Middle SchoolHow many students attend Herschel Jones Middle School?
Herschel Jones Middle School enrolls approximately 728 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Herschel Jones Middle School serve?
Herschel Jones Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Herschel Jones Middle School have?
Herschel Jones Middle School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Herschel Jones Middle School?
At Herschel Jones Middle School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 15% Hispanic, 48% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Herschel Jones Middle School in?
Herschel Jones Middle School is part of Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.