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Enrollment
620
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228002122
Medlock Bridge Elementary School
10215 Medlock Bridge Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA 30022 · (470) 254-2980 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL620 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
88 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
62%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
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
72.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.4pp since 2021
Math
79.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.4% | 75.5% |
| 2022-23 | 70.8% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.9% | 76.3% |
% 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
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Medlock Bridge Elementary School
Medlock Bridge Elementary School's state test result (73.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medlock Bridge Elementary School this school | 620 | 14.2% | 73.4% |
| Big Creek Elementary School Cumming | 745 | 15.7% | 77.8% |
| Settles Bridge Elementary School Suwanee | 741 | 15.4% | 77.1% |
| Shakerag Elementary School Johns Creek | 590 | 12.9% | 81.4% |
| Creek View Elementary School Alpharetta | 765 | 5.1% | 87.1% |
| New Prospect Elementary School Alpharetta | 607 | 17.5% | 74.5% |
Matched among Georgia elementary 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 Medlock Bridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #68 of 1,208 | #23 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #57 of 1,215 ▲ 26 | #16 of 113 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #53 of 1,215 ▲ 71 | #21 of 113 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #751 of 1,183 | #96 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 620 | #550 of 1,324 | #44 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #459 of 1,301 | #60 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #423 of 1,301 | #32 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #1,273 of 1,312 | #107 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #777 of 854 | #84 of 92 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
620
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 676
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 620 | 48.6 | 12.8:1 | 14% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 49.6 | 13.2:1 | 16% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 634 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 10% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 9% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 41.6 | 15.4:1 | 13% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 45 | 15.6:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 13% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 817 | 50 | 16.3:1 | 4% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 676 | 29 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Medlock Bridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (639 to 620); teachers up 17% (41.6 to 48.6).
About Medlock Bridge Elementary School
Among the schools in Alpharetta, Georgia, is Medlock Bridge Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 620 students enrolled.
District-wide, Fulton County has 107 schools and 87,563 students.
More than half of enrollment at Medlock Bridge Elementary School is Asian: 57%. The remaining shares are 22% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. Fulton County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Medlock Bridge Elementary School scores 62%.
The school has 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. Of all students at Medlock Bridge Elementary School, 14% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Fulton County average 62%.
A school with Medlock Bridge Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 70.0%. Medlock Bridge Elementary School scores 73.4%, 3.4 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Fulton County show that median household income comes to about $95,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 205, with about 138,270 students.
Medlock Bridge Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Johns Creek High School, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Medlock Bridge Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Medlock Bridge Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Medlock Bridge Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 599 students in 2020-21 to 620 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Medlock Bridge Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Alpharetta
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Chattahoochee High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Innovation AcademyHigh · 1,511 students
- DeSana Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
Nearby schools
- Johns Creek High School0.5 mi · 1,789
- Wilson Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 854
- State Bridge Crossing Elementary School0.7 mi · 657
- Northview High School1.0 mi · 1,591
- Yi Hwang Academy of Language Excellence1.3 mi · 459
- New Life Academy of Excellence1.6 mi · 645
Frequently asked questions
About Medlock Bridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Medlock Bridge Elementary School?
Medlock Bridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 620 students in grades PK-05.
Is Medlock Bridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Medlock Bridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Medlock Bridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Medlock Bridge Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Medlock Bridge Elementary School?
Medlock Bridge Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% Black, 57% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Medlock Bridge Elementary School public or private?
Medlock Bridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fulton County.
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