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How has Little Mill Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
916
Middle
DISTRICT 1,220 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222003355
Little Mill Middle School
6800 Little Mill Rd, Cumming, GA 30041 · (678) 965-5000 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL916 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Georgia public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
16.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
366 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 316 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 295 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 305 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
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
40.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
50.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.3% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 47.9% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 42.6% |
| 2021-22 | 39.1% | 46.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% 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 →
Schools most like Little Mill Middle School
Little Mill Middle School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Mill Middle School this school | 916 | 40.0% | 37.9% |
| North Hall Middle School Gainesville | 826 | 41.8% | 45.6% |
| Cherokee Bluff Middle Flowery Branch | 828 | 36.7% | 52.6% |
| Central Middle School Carrollton | 1,009 | 37.9% | 56.7% |
| West Jackson Middle School Jefferson | 951 | 34.1% | 53.6% |
| South Effingham Middle School Guyton | 1,161 | 41.8% | 61.8% |
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 Little Mill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #231 of 470 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #145 of 474 ▲ 1 | #10 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #185 of 474 ▼ 8 | #11 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #315 of 465 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 916 | #133 of 487 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #390 of 471 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #339 of 471 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #414 of 479 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #129 of 144 | #6 of 8 |
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
916
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 916 | 57 | 16.1:1 | 40% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 55.1 | 16.2:1 | 41% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 55.9 | 16.4:1 | 29% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 917 | 60 | 15.3:1 | 32% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 58.2 | 15.3:1 | 38% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 871 | 53 | 16.4:1 | 34% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 828 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 35% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little Mill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (892 to 916); teachers down 2% (58.2 to 57).
About Little Mill Middle School
Little Mill Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Georgia, with an address in Cumming. The school enrolls 916 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Georgia is about 763, so this school runs 20% larger than that.
Forsyth County serves 54,864 students across 42 schools.
Little Mill Middle School's enrollment is 72% White. Other groups include 21% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Forsyth County residents are about 64% White. By the diversity index, Little Mill Middle School comes in at 43%.
At Little Mill Middle School, 57 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.1:1. That ratio is over the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 40% of enrollment. Compared with the 21% average for public schools in Forsyth County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Little Mill Middle School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Little Mill Middle School ranks in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 37.9%. Predicted: 56.7%. Difference: 18.8 points.
In the county around the school, Forsyth County, median household income is about $143,784, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Little Mill Middle School is among the 42 public schools in Forsyth County.
The nearest other public school, East Forsyth High School, is about 1.5 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Little Mill Middle School. Little Mill Middle School places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (917) to 2024-25 (916).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Little Mill Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- East Forsyth High School1.5 mi · 1,588
- Chestatee Elementary3.5 mi · 1,159
- Chattahoochee Elementary School3.9 mi · 810
- North Forsyth Middle School5.1 mi · 1,164
- Coal Mountain Elementary School5.2 mi · 747
- North Forsyth High School5.3 mi · 2,151
Frequently asked questions
About Little Mill Middle SchoolHow large is Little Mill Middle School?
Little Mill Middle School enrolls approximately 916 students in grades 06-08.
Is Little Mill Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Little Mill Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Little Mill Middle School have?
Little Mill Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Little Mill Middle School?
At Little Mill Middle School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 21% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Little Mill Middle School public or private?
Little Mill Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forsyth County.
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