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Which teacher or staff member at Irma C. Austin Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
782
Middle
DISTRICT 734 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402003440
Irma C. Austin Middle School
3490 Ridge Rd, Douglasville, GA 30134 · (770) 942-0316 · Paulding County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
15.0:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
456 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 | 262 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 268 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 252 | 32% |
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
34.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.1pp since 2021
Math
38.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 38.4% |
| 2022-23 | 41.5% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 38.9% | 38.3% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Irma C. Austin Middle School
Irma C. Austin Middle School's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irma C. Austin Middle School this school | 782 | 58.3% | 36.4% |
| Evans Middle School Newnan | 736 | 58.6% | 37.3% |
| Carver Middle School Monroe | 914 | 64.7% | 32.8% |
| Smokey Road Middle School Newnan | 563 | 64.3% | 28.8% |
| Lena Mae Moses Middle School Dallas | 921 | 48.0% | 39.9% |
| Palmer Middle School Kennesaw | 803 | 53.1% | 43.5% |
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 Irma C. Austin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #246 of 470 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #244 of 474 ▼ 27 | #5 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #237 of 474 ▼ 22 | #5 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #38 of 465 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #210 of 487 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #318 of 471 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #77 of 471 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #341 of 479 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #101 of 305 | 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
782
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 920
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 782 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 58% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 811 | 54.1 | 15.0:1 | 64% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 792 | 50.1 | 15.8:1 | 51% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 802 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 45% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 927 | 57 | 16.3:1 | 43% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 927 | 55 | 16.9:1 | 42% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 920 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 34% (316) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Irma C. Austin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (927 to 782); teachers down 9% (57 to 52).
About Irma C. Austin Middle School
Families in Douglasville, Georgia, are served by Irma C. Austin Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. It reports enrollment of 782 students in grades 6 through 8.
Paulding County has 34 schools; together they serve 31,426 students.
No group is above 50% at Irma C. Austin Middle School; the largest is White, at 42%. Other reported shares: 36% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Paulding County's residents are about 63% White, 20 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The school lists 52 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. The average for middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 456 students, or 58%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Irma C. Austin Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Georgia public middle schools.
Test results at Irma C. Austin Middle School are 10.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (36.4% actual, 47.2% predicted).
In the wider Paulding County area, the median household earns about $98,031 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Paulding County, 34 public schools serve about 31,426 students.
Irma C. Austin Middle School's closest public school neighbor is South Paulding High School, about 1.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Irma C. Austin Middle School at 2nd of 9.
Irma C. Austin Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Irma C. Austin Middle School enrolled 802; in 2024-25, 782. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.0:1 in 2020-21, and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Irma C. Austin Middle School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Douglasville
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Nearby schools
- South Paulding High School1.3 mi · 1,881
- Connie Dugan Elementary School1.4 mi · 647
- Nebo Elementary School2.3 mi · 874
- South Paulding Middle School2.5 mi · 507
- Hal Hutchens Elementary3.5 mi · 613
- New Georgia Elementary School3.8 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Irma C. Austin Middle SchoolHow large is Irma C. Austin Middle School?
Irma C. Austin Middle School enrolls approximately 782 students in grades 06-08.
Is Irma C. Austin Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Irma C. Austin Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Irma C. Austin Middle School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Irma C. Austin Middle School.
How diverse is Irma C. Austin Middle School?
Irma C. Austin Middle School reports a student body of 42% White, 15% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Irma C. Austin Middle School?
Irma C. Austin Middle School is overseen by Paulding County in Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.