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What's something Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
566
Middle
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HABERSHAM COUNTY·NCES 130258004032
Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School
3115 Demorest Mount Airy Hwy, Demorest, GA 30535 · (706) 778-0830 · Habersham County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Georgia public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
523 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 178 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 34% |
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
38.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.9pp since 2021
Math
49.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.5pp since 2021
What 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 49 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 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.6% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 48.9% |
| 2022-23 | 37.3% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.7% | 34.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School
Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School this school | 566 | 92.4% | 48.3% |
| New Hope Middle School Dalton | 454 | 86.6% | 52.7% |
| South Habersham Middle School Cornelia | 456 | 94.5% | 49.0% |
| Calhoun Middle School Calhoun | 573 | 83.4% | 42.2% |
| Red Top Middle School Emerson | 569 | 83.5% | 32.4% |
| Valley Point Middle School Dalton | 377 | 98.1% | 36.5% |
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 Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #129 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #154 of 474 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #201 of 474 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.7pp | #33 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #340 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #45 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #183 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #188 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.1% | #73 of 144 |
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
566
+26 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
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 | 566 | 47.7 | 11.9:1 | 92% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 46.1 | 13.2:1 | 80% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 587 | 44.8 | 13.1:1 | 68% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 60% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 35.5 | 14.5:1 | 66% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 70% (330) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (514 to 566); teachers up 34% (35.5 to 47.7).
About Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School
Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School is a small middle school based in Demorest, Georgia. Its 566 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Georgia is about 763 students.
Habersham County has 7,257 students spread across 14 schools.
White students are the largest group at Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School, with 45% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 44% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. Habersham County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Teacher staffing is 47.7 full-time equivalents, or about 11.9 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 14.1:1. About 92% of students, or 523, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 90% average for public schools in Habersham County.
allk12 grades Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School is among the top 10% of schools in Georgia. Predicted: 29.6%. Actual: 48.3%.
Habersham County census figures show that median household income is about $67,309, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 13 public schools operate in Habersham County, serving about 6,835 students.
The nearest public school is Demorest Elementary School, at about 0.3 miles. Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 41.3%, lower than Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School's 48.3%.
NCES assigns Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The number of students climbed from 540 to 566 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.8:1 to 11.9:1.
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Habersham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,793
Census ACS
Median income
$67,309
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Habersham County
- Habersham Central High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Level Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Habersham Ninth Grade AcademyHigh · 552 students
- Demorest Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- North Habersham Middle SchoolMiddle · 542 students
- Cornelia Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
Other schools in Demorest
- Demorest Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Demorest Elementary School0.3 mi · 548
- Habersham Success Academy1.6 mi · 75
- Habersham Ninth Grade Academy1.6 mi · 552
- Habersham Central High School1.8 mi · 1,611
- Cornelia Elementary School3.1 mi · 491
- Fairview Elementary School3.3 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School?
Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School enrolls approximately 566 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School serve?
Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School is approximately 11.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School?
Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School reports a student body of 45% White, 44% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School public or private?
Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Habersham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.