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Enrollment
428
Middle
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY·NCES 130252003449
Kennedy Road Middle School
280 Kennedy Rd, Griffin, GA 30223 · (770) 229-3760 · Spalding County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- CBeats 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
13.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
428 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 130 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 36% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
18.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
20.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.3% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 20.9% | 17.4% |
| 2022-23 | 20.2% | 16.5% |
| 2021-22 | 17.2% | 13.4% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Kennedy Road Middle School
Kennedy Road Middle School's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Road Middle School this school | 428 | 100.0% | 18.5% |
| Carver Road Middle School Griffin | 435 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| Double Churches Middle School Columbus | 429 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Brooks County Middle School Quitman | 489 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
| Jefferson County Middle School Stapleton | 440 | 100.0% | 14.9% |
| Cowan Road Middle School Griffin | 530 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
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 Kennedy Road Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #406 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #388 of 474 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #426 of 474 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #246 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #415 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #213 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #157 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #85 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #199 of 305 |
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
428
-67 (-14%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 428 | 31.1 | 13.8:1 | 100% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 35.8 | 11.5:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 32.8 | 14.5:1 | 99% (470) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 69% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 32.8 | 14.0:1 | 84% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 84% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 79% (445) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennedy Road Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (459 to 428); teachers down 5% (32.8 to 31.1).
About Kennedy Road Middle School
Kennedy Road Middle School is a middle school in Griffin, Georgia, reachable at (770) 229-3760. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 428 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Georgia) has about 763 students.
Griffin-Spalding County runs Kennedy Road Middle School along with 17 other schools, enrolling 9,350 students in total.
At Kennedy Road Middle School, Black students make up 56% of the student body. After that, the student body is 22% White, 14% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census figures show Spalding County is about 36% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 31.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.8:1. That is close to the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 92% average for public schools in Spalding County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Kennedy Road Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Kennedy Road Middle School is 7.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.5%. Predicted: 25.7%.
Federal survey data for Spalding County show that the median household income is $62,071, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 18 public schools in Spalding County, enrolling about 9,350 students in all.
Nearest public school: Jackson Road Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 29.3%; Kennedy Road Middle School's is 18.5%, ranking 7th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show a 14% enrollment decrease, from 495 in 2020-21 to 428 in 2024-25.
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Spalding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,892
Census ACS
Median income
$62,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,350 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Griffin-Spalding County
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
Other schools in Griffin
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Spalding High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
Nearby schools
- Jackson Road Elementary School0.8 mi · 344
- AZ Kelsey Academy1.3 mi · 47
- Atkinson Elementary School1.4 mi · 366
- Moore Elementary School1.6 mi · 335
- Spalding High School2.7 mi · 1,208
- Jordan Hill Road Elementary School2.7 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy Road Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kennedy Road Middle School?
Kennedy Road Middle School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Kennedy Road Middle School serve?
Kennedy Road Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Kennedy Road Middle School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Kennedy Road Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Kennedy Road Middle School?
Student demographics at Kennedy Road Middle School are roughly 22% White, 14% Hispanic, 56% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Kennedy Road Middle School public or private?
Kennedy Road Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Griffin-Spalding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.