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If you could change one rule at Liberty Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,256
Middle
DISTRICT 1,220 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222002559
Liberty Middle School
7465 Wallace Tatum Rd, Cumming, GA 30028 · (770) 781-4889 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,256 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
272 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Liberty Middle School→North Forsyth High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
52.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
56.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 3 points.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,256
+159 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.7:1
% White
56%
was 77%
% Hispanic
14%
was 12%
% Black
3%
was 4%
% Asian
24%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Liberty Middle School
Located at 7465 Wallace Tatum Rd, in Cumming, Georgia, Liberty Middle School is a sprawling 6-8 campus that hosts 1,256 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Forsyth County. That puts it 65% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.
Liberty Middle School is one of 42 schools operated by Forsyth County, a district that works with 54,864 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Liberty Middle School shows that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder breaks down as 24% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Liberty Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at Liberty Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Liberty Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 66.1%; Liberty Middle School posts 50.2%, -15.9 points below that line.
In the area at large, census data for Forsyth County shows median household earnings sit near $143,784, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Forsyth County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students), Liberty Middle School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Matt Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Liberty Middle School. On composite proficiency, Liberty Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Five-year trend. Liberty Middle School's enrollment has grew 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,097 (now 1,256). White enrollment moved from 77% to 56% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Liberty Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Cumming
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- Sawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,591 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,513 students
Nearby schools
- Matt Elementary School0.2 mi · 1,171
- Poole's Mill Elementary1.8 mi · 1,384
- Sawnee Elementary School3.6 mi · 1,591
- Hendricks Middle School5.1 mi · 1,376
- West Forsyth High School5.4 mi · 2,503
- North Forsyth High School5.6 mi · 2,151
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty Middle SchoolHow large is Liberty Middle School?
Liberty Middle School enrolls approximately 1,256 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Liberty Middle School serve?
Liberty Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Liberty Middle School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Liberty Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Liberty Middle School?
Student demographics at Liberty Middle School are roughly 56% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 24% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Liberty Middle School in?
Liberty Middle School is part of Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.