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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Madras Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
754
Middle
DISTRICT 751 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COWETA COUNTY·NCES 130150002252
Madras Middle School
240 Edgeworth Rd, Newnan, GA 30263 · (770) 254-2744 · Coweta County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
266 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 261 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 35% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
56.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.9pp since 2021
Math
62.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 51.9% |
| 2022-23 | 46.5% | 46.3% |
| 2021-22 | 53.4% | 51.7% |
% 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
55.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Madras Middle School
Madras Middle School's state test result (55.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madras Middle School this school | 754 | 35.3% | 55.8% |
| Bay Springs Middle School Villa Rica | 723 | 39.0% | 45.1% |
| East Coweta Middle School Senoia | 845 | 38.3% | 41.6% |
| Crossroads Middle School Acworth | 908 | 31.2% | N/A |
| West Jackson Middle School Jefferson | 951 | 34.1% | 53.6% |
| Blake Bass Middle School Sharpsburg | 887 | 30.3% | 60.1% |
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 Madras Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Coweta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #80 of 470 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #74 of 474 ▲ 40 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #64 of 474 ▲ 16 | #2 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #147 of 465 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #227 of 487 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #273 of 471 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #182 of 471 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #427 of 479 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #9 of 305 | 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
754
-359 (-32%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 754 | 52.2 | 14.4:1 | 35% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 49.5 | 14.6:1 | 37% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 48.5 | 15.5:1 | 33% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 1,113 | 65 | 17.1:1 | 22% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 1,136 | 63 | 18.0:1 | 25% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 1,082 | 58 | 18.7:1 | 30% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 1,023 | 61 | 16.8:1 | 27% (272) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 17% (125) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Madras Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (1,136 to 754); teachers down 17% (63 to 52.2).
About Madras Middle School
Madras Middle School, located in Newnan, Georgia, is a mid-sized middle school. It teaches 754 students in grades 6 through 8.
Madras Middle School is run by Coweta County, whose 29 schools enroll 23,064 students.
At Madras Middle School, 58% of students are White. The school is also 19% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 70% White share among all Coweta County residents. The diversity index for Madras Middle School is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Madras Middle School comes to 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.4:1. The 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia is close to this figure. Madras Middle School counts 35% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 46% average among public schools in Coweta County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Madras Middle School is 3.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 55.8%. Predicted: 59.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Coweta County show that the median household earns about $95,548 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Coweta County has 31 public schools with about 23,423 students, including Madras Middle School.
Madras Middle School is about 2.4 miles from Northside Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Madras Middle School is ahead of the 48.6% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
NCES assigns Madras Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning 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, Madras Middle School had a net loss of 359 students, or 32%. By 2024-25, the school had 14.4 students per teacher, compared with 17.1 in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Madras Middle School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Coweta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
152,852
Census ACS
Median income
$95,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coweta County
- East Coweta High SchoolHigh · 3,001 students
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Blake Bass Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
Other schools in Newnan
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Brooks ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Arnall Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
Nearby schools
- Northside Elementary School2.4 mi · 366
- Odyssey Charter School2.4 mi · 359
- Jefferson Parkway Elementary School2.7 mi · 450
- Brooks Elementary4.2 mi · 835
- Newnan Crossing Elementary School4.3 mi · 912
- Arbor Springs Elementary4.4 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Madras Middle SchoolHow many students attend Madras Middle School?
Madras Middle School enrolls approximately 754 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Madras Middle School serve?
Madras Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Madras Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Madras Middle School is approximately 14.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Madras Middle School?
Student demographics at Madras Middle School are roughly 58% White, 13% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Madras Middle School public or private?
Madras Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coweta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.