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Enrollment
655
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174002482
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School
5200 Covington Hwy, Decatur, GA 30035 · (678) 875-0302 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Georgia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
12.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
655 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 209 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 225 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 221 | 34% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School→Towers High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
16.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
Math
11.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.9% | 11.4% |
| 2023-24 | 21.8% | 13.2% |
| 2022-23 | 19.6% | 8.6% |
| 2021-22 | 15.3% | 7.6% |
% 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
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School this school | 655 | 100.0% | 15.1% |
| Mundys Mill Middle School Jonesboro | 687 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Redan Middle School Lithonia | 623 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
| Riverdale Middle School Riverdale | 560 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Sumter County Intermediate School Americus | 711 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| Baker Middle School Columbus | 631 | 100.0% | 4.7% |
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 Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #429 of 470 | #18 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #446 of 474 ▼ 24 | #21 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #436 of 474 ▼ 32 | #19 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #298 of 465 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #290 of 487 | #16 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #90 of 471 | #2 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #348 of 471 | #10 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #55 of 479 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #35 of 305 | #3 of 13 |
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
655
-86 (-12%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 655 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 100% (655) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 100% (672) |
| 2022-23 | 718 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 100% (718) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 99% (735) |
| 2017-18 | 858 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 100% (858) |
| 2015-16 | 844 | 50 | 16.9:1 | 100% (841) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 57 | 15.8:1 | 88% (798) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (858 to 655); teachers down 12% (59 to 52).
About Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Decatur, Georgia. The school enrolls 655 students, from grades 6 through 8.
DeKalb County has 92,088 students in 131 schools, and Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School is one of those schools.
Black students make up a majority at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School, at 74%. Next come 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. That compares with about 51% Black among all DeKalb County residents. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1 at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School, with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, middle schools in Georgia have 14.1:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
allk12 grades Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 15.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.7%.
DeKalb County has about 765,351 residents, and the median household income is $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, DeKalb County has 154 public schools and roughly 102,960 students.
The nearest public school is Woodridge Elementary School, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School dropped 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 741 to 655 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.5:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
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- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Other Mary McLeod Bethune Middle schools
One other US public school is named Mary McLeod Bethune Middle. Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mary McLeod Bethune MiddleLos Angeles, CA · 843 students
Nearby schools
- Woodridge Elementary School0.6 mi · 444
- Miller Grove Middle School1.3 mi · 625
- Canby Lane Elementary School1.3 mi · 446
- The Anchor School1.4 mi · 208
- Panola Way Elementary School1.9 mi · 550
- Rowland Elementary School2.1 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Mary McLeod Bethune Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School?
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School enrolls approximately 655 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School serve?
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School.
How diverse is Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School?
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 74% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School public or private?
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.