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Enrollment
979
Middle
DISTRICT 921 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129002250
Lost Mountain Middle School
700 Old Mountain Rd NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152 · (678) 594-8224 · Cobb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL979 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
215 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 309 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 316 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 354 | 36% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Lost Mountain Middle School→Harrison High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
62.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.2pp since 2021
Math
74.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.3% | 74.5% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 72.6% |
| 2022-23 | 69.7% | 67.2% |
| 2021-22 | 64.5% | 65.0% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Lost Mountain Middle School
Lost Mountain Middle School's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lost Mountain Middle School this school | 979 | 22.0% | 69.7% |
| Durham Middle School Acworth | 984 | 21.6% | 61.7% |
| Whitewater Middle School Fayetteville | 874 | 23.9% | 61.7% |
| David T Howard Middle School Atlanta | 1,073 | 23.5% | 66.5% |
| Greenbrier Middle School Evans | 853 | 18.5% | 68.4% |
| Crabapple Middle School Roswell | 881 | 19.5% | 65.2% |
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 Lost Mountain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #30 of 470 | #5 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #33 of 474 ▼ 3 | #5 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #46 of 474 ▼ 10 | #6 of 28 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #262 of 465 | #15 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 979 | #104 of 487 | #11 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #396 of 471 | #23 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #167 of 471 | #16 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.0% | #448 of 479 | #22 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #152 of 305 | #14 of 22 |
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
979
-54 (-5%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 1,259
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 979 | 60.5 | 16.2:1 | 22% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 993 | 60.1 | 16.5:1 | 24% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 1,011 | 54.6 | 18.5:1 | 16% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 1,033 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 14% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 1,092 | 61.5 | 17.8:1 | 10% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 1,064 | 60 | 17.7:1 | 11% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 1,120 | 62 | 18.1:1 | 13% (141) |
| 2000-01 | 1,259 | 76 | 16.6:1 | 2% (29) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lost Mountain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,092 to 979); teachers down 2% (61.5 to 60.5).
About Lost Mountain Middle School
Lost Mountain Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in Kennesaw, Georgia. It reported 979 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Georgia enroll about 763 students on average.
Lost Mountain Middle School is in Cobb County, a district with 105,738 students across 110 schools.
The student body at Lost Mountain Middle School is 57% White. After that, the student body is 22% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Cobb County, the White share is about 49%. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at Lost Mountain Middle School are from different groups.
The school has 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.2 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Of all students at Lost Mountain Middle School, 22% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cobb County report 53%.
On BeatsExpectations, Lost Mountain Middle School is 3.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
In Cobb County, median household income comes to about $102,738, roughly 51% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cobb County counts 129 public schools with about 116,609 students.
Lost Mountain Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Harrison High School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Lost Mountain Middle School is ahead of the 63.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
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.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Lost Mountain Middle School had a net loss of 54 students, or 5%. By 2024-25, the school had 16.2 students per teacher, compared with 18.4 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Lost Mountain Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Kennesaw
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,224 students
- Kennesaw Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- McClure Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 802 students
Nearby schools
- Harrison High School0.4 mi · 2,224
- Due West Elementary School1.3 mi · 626
- Ford Elementary School2.1 mi · 750
- Vaughan Elementary School2.1 mi · 600
- Bullard Elementary School2.9 mi · 799
- Kemp Elementary School2.9 mi · 894
Frequently asked questions
About Lost Mountain Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lost Mountain Middle School?
Lost Mountain Middle School enrolls approximately 979 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lost Mountain Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lost Mountain Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lost Mountain Middle School have?
Lost Mountain Middle School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Lost Mountain Middle School?
Student demographics at Lost Mountain Middle School are roughly 57% White, 10% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Lost Mountain Middle School public or private?
Lost Mountain Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.