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Enrollment
727
Middle
DISTRICT 922 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228002035
McNair Middle School
2800 Burdett Rd, College Park, GA 30349 · (470) 254-4160 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL727 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% 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.
- 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.
- B+Three-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
13.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
727 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 220 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 271 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 32% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
McNair Middle School→Banneker High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
19.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.1pp since 2021
Math
22.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.5% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.5% | 19.1% |
| 2022-23 | 19.7% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.4% | 9.7% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 McNair Middle School
McNair Middle School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNair Middle School this school | 727 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| John Lewis Invictus Academy Atlanta | 692 | 100.0% | 13.7% |
| Cedar Grove Middle School Decatur | 685 | 100.0% | 13.8% |
| Radium Springs Middle School Albany | 747 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
| Jean Childs Young Middle School Atlanta | 657 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| McNair Middle School Decatur | 701 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
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 McNair Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #376 of 470 | #24 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #374 of 474 no change | #26 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #410 of 474 ▼ 11 | #26 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #128 of 465 | #12 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 727 | #249 of 487 | #20 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #153 of 471 | #23 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #447 of 471 | #26 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #74 of 479 | #14 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #168 of 305 | #21 of 26 |
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
727
-158 (-18%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 838
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 727 | 55 | 13.2:1 | 100% (727) |
| 2023-24 | 886 | 55.6 | 15.9:1 | 100% (886) |
| 2022-23 | 888 | 50 | 17.8:1 | 100% (888) |
| 2020-21 | 885 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 100% (885) |
| 2017-18 | 799 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 100% (799) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 61 | 13.0:1 | 100% (788) |
| 2010-11 | 834 | 64 | 13.0:1 | 91% (756) |
| 2000-01 | 1,171 | 71 | 16.5:1 | 72% (841) |
| 1990-91 | 838 | 56 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McNair Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (799 to 727); teachers up 4% (53 to 55).
About McNair Middle School
McNair Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Georgia, located in College Park. The school serves 727 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Besides McNair Middle School, Fulton County runs 106 other schools. The district enrolls 87,563 students.
Black students make up 90% of enrollment at McNair Middle School. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Fulton County is roughly 43% Black. McNair Middle School's diversity index is 18%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 13.2:1 comes from the school's 55 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. The lunch program counts 100% of students at McNair Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Fulton County, the average is 62%.
The allk12 Grade for McNair Middle School is C. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 29% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Georgia, McNair Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.6% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
In the county around the school, Fulton County, the median household income is $95,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Fulton County is home to 205 public schools and about 138,270 public school students.
Bethune Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of McNair Middle School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, McNair Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
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.
Federal data show an 18% enrollment decrease, from 885 in 2020-21 to 727 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.3:1 to 13.2:1.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in College Park
- Banneker High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- North Clayton High SchoolHigh · 1,124 students
- Main Street Charter AcademyElementary · 817 students
- North Clayton Middle SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Nolan Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- Wolf Creek ElementaryElementary · 712 students
Other McNair Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named McNair Middle. McNair Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- McNair Middle SchoolDecatur, GA · 701 students
- MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOLFAYETTEVILLE, AR · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Bethune Elementary School0.2 mi · 608
- Hapeville Charter Career Academy0.9 mi · 638
- Heritage Elementary School1.3 mi · 597
- Nolan Elementary School1.5 mi · 779
- Skyview High School1.7 mi · 346
- S. L. Lewis Elementary School1.7 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About McNair Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McNair Middle School?
McNair Middle School enrolls approximately 727 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does McNair Middle School serve?
McNair Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at McNair Middle School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at McNair Middle School.
What is the student diversity at McNair Middle School?
Student demographics at McNair Middle School are roughly 0% White, 7% Hispanic, 90% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees McNair Middle School?
McNair Middle School is overseen by Fulton County in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.