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What's something Locust Grove Middle does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,010
Middle
DISTRICT 824 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282003937
Locust Grove Middle
3315 S Ola Rd, Locust Grove, GA 30248 · (770) 957-6055 · Henry County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,010 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Georgia public middle schools
- C-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.
- FThree-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
17.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
681 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 297 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 371 | 37% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
27.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.1pp since 2021
Math
21.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 20.7% |
| 2022-23 | 28.9% | 19.9% |
| 2021-22 | 30.5% | 24.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% 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 Locust Grove Middle
Locust Grove Middle's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Grove Middle this school | 1,010 | 67.4% | 23.9% |
| Mason Creek Middle School Winston | 853 | 68.5% | 46.2% |
| Herschel Jones Middle School Dallas | 728 | 71.7% | 27.0% |
| Midway Middle School Midway | 750 | 72.5% | 38.5% |
| Rutland Middle School Macon | 849 | 60.3% | 19.9% |
| P. B. Ritch Middle School Dallas | 690 | 68.3% | 31.9% |
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 Locust Grove Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #361 of 470 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #380 of 474 ▼ 18 | #6 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #341 of 474 ▼ 18 | #8 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #29 of 465 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,010 | #93 of 487 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #453 of 471 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #155 of 471 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #302 of 479 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #132 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
1,010
-63 (-6%) vs 2020
+12% since 2010-11, when it was 900
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 1,010 | 58 | 17.4:1 | 67% (681) |
| 2023-24 | 1,066 | 55.6 | 19.2:1 | 71% (754) |
| 2022-23 | 1,103 | 52.1 | 21.2:1 | 51% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 1,073 | 58 | 18.5:1 | 39% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 992 | 51.1 | 19.4:1 | 48% (472) |
| 2015-16 | 905 | 49 | 18.5:1 | 46% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 900 | 52 | 17.3:1 | 43% (390) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Locust Grove Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (992 to 1,010); teachers up 14% (51.1 to 58).
About Locust Grove Middle
Locust Grove Middle is a medium-sized middle school in Georgia, located in Locust Grove. Enrolled students number 1,010 students, in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students each.
Henry County enrolls 43,012 students, and its 53 schools include Locust Grove Middle.
Black students are the majority at Locust Grove Middle, with 54% of enrollment. The school is also 28% White, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. That is close to the 52% Black share among all Henry County residents. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 58 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.4:1. That is higher than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Eligible students account for 67% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Locust Grove Middle receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in Georgia with Locust Grove Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 42.5%. Locust Grove Middle scores 23.9%.
In Henry County (population about 249,960), the median household income is $83,146, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 54 public schools in Henry County, enrolling about 43,102 students in all.
The school nearest to Locust Grove Middle is Locust Grove High, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Locust Grove Middle ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,010, a 6% decrease from 1,073 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.5:1 to 17.4:1 over the same years.
The Locust Grove Middle community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in Locust Grove
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Luella High SchoolHigh · 1,236 students
- Unity Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 882 students
- Luella Middle SchoolMiddle · 849 students
- Bethlehem Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 621 students
Other Locust Grove Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Locust Grove Middle. Locust Grove Middle is the largest of the 3.
- Locust Grove MiddleLocust Grove, VA · 685 students
- Locust Grove Middle SchoolLocust Grove, OK · 239 students
Nearby schools
- Locust Grove High0.2 mi · 1,572
- Unity Grove Elementary School2.0 mi · 882
- Locust Grove Elementary School3.0 mi · 576
- New Hope Elementary4.1 mi · 621
- Hampton L. Daughtry Elementary School4.4 mi · 495
- Tussahaw Elementary4.4 mi · 886
Frequently asked questions
About Locust Grove MiddleHow many students attend Locust Grove Middle?
Locust Grove Middle enrolls approximately 1,010 students in grades 06-08.
Is Locust Grove Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Locust Grove Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Locust Grove Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Locust Grove Middle is approximately 17.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Locust Grove Middle?
At Locust Grove Middle, the student body is approximately 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 54% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Locust Grove Middle in?
Locust Grove Middle is part of Henry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.