McNair Middle School

Located at 2190 Wallingford Dr, in Decatur, Georgia, McNair Middle School is a mid-tier junior high that instructs 701 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by DeKalb County.

DeKalb County comprises 131 schools with combined enrollment of 92,088 students; McNair Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, McNair Middle School shows that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 10% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than DeKalb County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McNair Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 23.5%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for DeKalb County indicate median household income runs about $80,644, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, DeKalb County runs 154 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students), of which McNair Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ronald E McNair Discover Learning Academy Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McNair Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.6%.

McNair Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 701 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 96% to 86% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the McNair Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.