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Mason Creek Middle School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 up about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mason Creek Middle School
Mason Creek Middle School operates as a mid-sized 6-8 campus in Winston, Georgia, operated by Douglas County. Current enrollment sits at 853 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
Within Douglas County, which oversees 35 schools and 25,521 students, Mason Creek Middle School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Mason Creek Middle School lists that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 20% Hispanic, 19% White, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Douglas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 68% of students at Mason Creek Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mason Creek Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 46.2%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Douglas County put median household earnings sit near $82,984, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Douglas County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students), Mason Creek Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Mason Creek Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mason Creek Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mason Creek Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 855 students in 2018 compared to 853 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 35% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.
On this page, members of the Mason Creek Middle School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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