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How has Kendrick Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
619
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123002057
Kendrick Middle School
7971 Kendrick Rd, Jonesboro, GA 30238 · (770) 472-8400 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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.
- CThree-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
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
619 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 | 212 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 196 | 32% |
Student demographics
46%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
20.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.0pp since 2021
Math
15.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 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 have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 15.6% |
| 2023-24 | 20.8% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 20.5% | 9.5% |
| 2021-22 | 21.3% | 11.9% |
% 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 Kendrick Middle School
Kendrick Middle School's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendrick Middle School this school | 619 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| Sequoyah Middle School Riverdale | 765 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| Adamson Middle School Rex | 509 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| Pointe South Middle School Jonesboro | 693 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Riverdale Middle School Riverdale | 560 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Jonesboro Middle School Jonesboro | 895 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
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 Kendrick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #421 of 470 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #423 of 474 ▼ 7 | #11 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #399 of 474 ▲ 11 | #8 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #350 of 465 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #317 of 487 | #11 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #148 of 471 | #4 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #327 of 471 | #7 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #33 of 479 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.9% | #41 of 305 | #2 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
619
-193 (-24%) vs 2020
-46% since 2000-01, when it was 1,149
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 619 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 100% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 89% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 91% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 48 | 16.9:1 | 93% (755) |
| 2017-18 | 793 | 53 | 15.0:1 | 99% (789) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 99% (727) |
| 2010-11 | 833 | 62 | 13.4:1 | 90% (751) |
| 2000-01 | 1,149 | 61 | 18.8:1 | 66% (758) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kendrick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (793 to 619); teachers down 11% (53 to 47).
About Kendrick Middle School
Located in Jonesboro, Georgia, Kendrick Middle School is a small middle-grades school. The school counts 619 students across grades 6 through 8.
Clayton County has 51,326 students spread across 68 schools.
Black students are the majority at Kendrick Middle School, with 68% of enrollment. It is also 29% Hispanic. That is close to the 69% Black share among all Clayton County residents. Kendrick Middle School's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
Kendrick Middle School operates with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.2:1. That is lower than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. About 100% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Kendrick Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Kendrick Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (16.6%) and its predicted rate (25.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Kendrick Middle School is located in Clayton County, where the median household income is $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kendrick Middle School is one of 73 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Callaway Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Kendrick Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Kendrick Middle School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.6% against a local average of 18.6%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 619 students in 2024-25, 193 fewer than the 812 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.9:1 to 13.2:1.
Discussions about Kendrick Middle School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- Callaway Elementary School0.4 mi · 677
- Swint Elementary School0.7 mi · 544
- Riverdale High School1.7 mi · 1,359
- Pointe South Elementary School1.7 mi · 508
- Pointe South Middle School1.8 mi · 693
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for1.8 mi · 887
Frequently asked questions
About Kendrick Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kendrick Middle School?
Kendrick Middle School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kendrick Middle School serve?
Kendrick Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Kendrick Middle School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Kendrick Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Kendrick Middle School?
Student demographics at Kendrick Middle School are roughly 1% White, 29% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kendrick Middle School in?
Kendrick Middle School is part of Clayton County.
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