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Enrollment
921
Middle
DISTRICT 734 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402002508
Lena Mae Moses Middle School
1066 Old County Farm Rd, Dallas, GA 30132 · (770) 443-8727 · Paulding County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL921 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Georgia public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
442 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 | 342 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 313 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 29% |
Student demographics
65%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
44.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.4pp since 2021
Math
37.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 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 up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 39.1% |
| 2022-23 | 38.6% | 29.2% |
| 2021-22 | 41.3% | 33.1% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Lena Mae Moses Middle School
Lena Mae Moses Middle School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lena Mae Moses Middle School this school | 921 | 48.0% | 39.9% |
| Ola Middle School McDonough | 1,039 | 44.8% | 45.0% |
| Columbia Middle School Grovetown | 903 | 44.2% | 49.8% |
| Mossy Creek Middle School Kathleen | 796 | 44.1% | 57.0% |
| Evans Middle School Evans | 1,030 | 45.5% | 57.4% |
| Saint Marys Middle School Saint Marys | 1,077 | 47.5% | 55.7% |
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 Lena Mae Moses Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #205 of 470 | #3 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #250 of 474 ▼ 37 | #6 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #138 of 474 ▲ 22 | #3 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #248 of 465 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 921 | #131 of 487 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #363 of 471 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #99 of 471 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.0% | #383 of 479 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.9% | #8 of 144 | 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
921
+148 (+19%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 920
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 921 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 48% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 929 | 58 | 16.0:1 | 53% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 907 | 57 | 15.9:1 | 42% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 48 | 16.1:1 | 41% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 37 | 17.3:1 | 38% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 38% (207) |
| 2010-11 | 920 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 35% (320) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lena Mae Moses Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (640 to 921); teachers up 59% (37 to 59).
About Lena Mae Moses Middle School
At 1066 Old County Farm Rd in Dallas, Georgia, Lena Mae Moses Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 921 students. Enrollment is 21% higher than the average for middle schools in Georgia, which is about 763.
Lena Mae Moses Middle School reports to Paulding County, which has 34 schools and 31,426 students.
Lena Mae Moses Middle School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 45%. Smaller groups are 36% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 63% of Paulding County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Lena Mae Moses Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
A ratio of 15.6:1 comes from the school's 59 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 48% of students at Lena Mae Moses Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Lena Mae Moses Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Georgia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 52.5% for a school in Georgia with Lena Mae Moses Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Lena Mae Moses Middle School posts 39.9%.
Lena Mae Moses Middle School is located in Paulding County, where median household income is about $98,031, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Lena Mae Moses Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Paulding County, which together enroll about 31,426 students.
The school nearest to Lena Mae Moses Middle School is WC Abney Elementary, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. Within five miles of Lena Mae Moses Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lena Mae Moses Middle School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
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.
Enrollment was 773 in 2020-21 and 921 in 2024-25, a gain of 148 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Lena Mae Moses Middle School covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Dallas
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
- WC Abney ElementaryElementary · 1,324 students
- Burnt Hickory Elementary SchoolElementary · 996 students
Nearby schools
- WC Abney Elementary1.3 mi · 1,324
- Northside Elementary School2.3 mi · 626
- C. A. Roberts Elementary School2.8 mi · 668
- Herschel Jones Middle School3.0 mi · 728
- Dallas Elementary School3.4 mi · 513
- East Paulding High School4.1 mi · 1,985
Frequently asked questions
About Lena Mae Moses Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lena Mae Moses Middle School?
Lena Mae Moses Middle School enrolls approximately 921 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lena Mae Moses Middle School serve?
Lena Mae Moses Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lena Mae Moses Middle School have?
Lena Mae Moses Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Lena Mae Moses Middle School?
Lena Mae Moses Middle School reports a student body of 45% White, 11% Hispanic, 36% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Lena Mae Moses Middle School public or private?
Lena Mae Moses Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.