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Enrollment
499
Middle
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALKER COUNTY·NCES 130537001741
LaFayette Middle School
419 Roadrunner Blvd, La Fayette, GA 30728 · (706) 638-6440 · Walker County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Georgia public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
9.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
499 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 185 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 161 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 31% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
30.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.2pp since 2021
Math
33.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 26.9% |
| 2022-23 | 26.6% | 23.8% |
| 2021-22 | 23.4% | 23.0% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% 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 LaFayette Middle School
LaFayette Middle School's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaFayette Middle School this school | 499 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| Brantley County Middle School Nahunta | 493 | 95.1% | 45.7% |
| Chattanooga Valley Middle School Flintstone | 449 | 95.3% | 38.3% |
| Haralson County Middle School Tallapoosa | 757 | 99.1% | 51.0% |
| Fannin County Middle School Blue Ridge | 638 | 90.6% | 39.7% |
| Rossville Middle School Rossville | 446 | 100.0% | 27.5% |
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 LaFayette Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #323 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #289 of 474 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #297 of 474 ▲ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.6pp | #86 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #378 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #5 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #421 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #142 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #56 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
499
-126 (-20%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 931
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 499 | 53.9 | 9.3:1 | 100% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 53.6 | 9.3:1 | 88% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 54.6 | 10.5:1 | 77% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 53 | 11.8:1 | 81% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 54.8 | 11.4:1 | 79% (491) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | 52 | 12.1:1 | 71% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 983 | 71 | 13.8:1 | 71% (694) |
| 2000-01 | 878 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 45% (398) |
| 1990-91 | 931 | 52 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LaFayette Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (625 to 499); teachers down 2% (54.8 to 53.9).
About LaFayette Middle School
Families in La Fayette, Georgia, are served by LaFayette Middle School, a small middle-grades school. In all, 499 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. It has 35% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Georgia (about 763).
LaFayette Middle School sits within Walker County, which has 15 schools and 8,379 students.
The share of White students at LaFayette Middle School is 87%. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. In Walker County overall, the White share is about 90%. The diversity index for LaFayette Middle School is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at LaFayette Middle School totals 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.3:1. Compared with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 100% of students (499) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Walker County, the average eligibility rate is 85%.
LaFayette Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of Georgia public middle schools.
In Georgia, LaFayette Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 28.9% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
Census data for Walker County show median household income comes to about $59,469, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 18 public schools and about 9,637 students.
North LaFayette Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from LaFayette Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. On state test proficiency, LaFayette Middle School ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, LaFayette Middle School is Town: Fringe.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 625 (2020-21) to 499 (2024-25). There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (9.3:1) than in 2020-21 (11.8:1).
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Walker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,762
Census ACS
Median income
$59,469
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,637 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walker County
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- LaFayette High SchoolHigh · 1,157 students
- Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Cherokee Ridge ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Chattanooga Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
Other schools in La Fayette
- LaFayette High SchoolHigh · 1,157 students
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- North LaFayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
- Naomi Elementary SchoolElementary · 302 students
Other LaFayette Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named LaFayette Middle. LaFayette Middle School is the largest of the 4.
- Lafayette Middle SchoolOxford, MS · 420 students
- Lafayette Middle SchoolLafayette, LA · 351 students
- Lafayette Middle SchoolUniontown, PA · 150 students
Nearby schools
- North LaFayette Elementary School0.7 mi · 420
- LaFayette High School0.9 mi · 1,157
- Gilbert Elementary School2.5 mi · 476
- Naomi Elementary School4.2 mi · 302
- Rock Spring Elementary School6.5 mi · 419
- Woodstation Elementary School7.3 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About LaFayette Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at LaFayette Middle School?
LaFayette Middle School enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does LaFayette Middle School serve?
LaFayette Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does LaFayette Middle School have?
LaFayette Middle School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the student diversity at LaFayette Middle School?
Student demographics at LaFayette Middle School are roughly 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is LaFayette Middle School in?
LaFayette Middle School is part of Walker County.
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