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Enrollment
895
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000465
Jonesboro Middle School
1308 Arnold St, Jonesboro, GA 30236 · (678) 610-4331 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL895 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Georgia public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- B+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
14.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
895 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 273 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 294 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 328 | 37% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
16.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
16.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | 16.1% |
| 2023-24 | 18.8% | 12.7% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 6.7% |
| 2021-22 | 14.1% | 5.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Jonesboro Middle School
Jonesboro Middle School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesboro Middle School this school | 895 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
| Sequoyah Middle School Riverdale | 765 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| Rex Mill Middle School Rex | 904 | 100.0% | 30.5% |
| Paul D. West Middle School East Point | 814 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Conyers Middle School Conyers | 943 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Kendrick Middle School Jonesboro | 619 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
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 Jonesboro Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #427 of 470 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #421 of 474 ▲ 6 | #10 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #445 of 474 ▼ 14 | #14 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #168 of 465 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 895 | #143 of 487 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #309 of 471 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #287 of 471 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #25 of 479 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #291 of 305 | #13 of 13 |
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
895
-124 (-12%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 895 | 60 | 14.9:1 | 100% (895) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 62 | 14.0:1 | 100% (868) |
| 2022-23 | 951 | 63 | 15.1:1 | 91% (861) |
| 2020-21 | 1,019 | 62 | 16.4:1 | 93% (948) |
| 2017-18 | 909 | 60 | 15.2:1 | 99% (904) |
| 2015-16 | 883 | 52 | 17.0:1 | 100% (879) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 56 | 13.4:1 | 93% (700) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 65% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 43 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonesboro Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (909 to 895); teachers unchanged (60 to 60).
About Jonesboro Middle School
Jonesboro Middle School is one of the public schools in Jonesboro, Georgia. It is a mid-sized middle school. Enrollment stands at 895 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
Jonesboro Middle School is one school in Clayton County, a system of 68 schools with 51,326 students.
About 63% of the student body at Jonesboro Middle School is Black. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
For every teacher at Jonesboro Middle School, there are about 14.9 students; the school has 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 895 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment.
On the allk12 Grade, Jonesboro Middle School lands at D, ahead of 13% of Georgia public middle schools.
Jonesboro Middle School is 10.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (15.3% versus 25.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
American Community Survey estimates for Clayton County show that the median household earns about $59,806 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Clayton County has 73 public schools with about 63,156 students, including Jonesboro Middle School.
Jonesboro Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Arnold Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Jonesboro Middle School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 15.3% versus a 24.0% average.
NCES assigns Jonesboro Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Jonesboro Middle School enrolled 1,019 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 895. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.9:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Jonesboro Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Jonesboro
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- Mount Zion High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- M. D. Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forHigh · 887 students
- Elite Scholars Academy SchoolHigh · 757 students
Nearby schools
- Arnold Elementary School0.3 mi · 454
- Suder Elementary School0.4 mi · 592
- Lee Street Elementary School0.6 mi · 515
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for0.7 mi · 887
- Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts1.0 mi · 518
- M. D. Roberts Middle School1.0 mi · 894
Frequently asked questions
About Jonesboro Middle SchoolHow many students attend Jonesboro Middle School?
Jonesboro Middle School enrolls approximately 895 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Jonesboro Middle School serve?
Jonesboro Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jonesboro Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jonesboro Middle School is approximately 14.9:1 (60 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jonesboro Middle School?
At Jonesboro Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 31% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Jonesboro Middle School public or private?
Jonesboro Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.