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Enrollment
1,022
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222000953
Midway Elementary School
405 Mullinax Road, Alpharetta, GA 30004 · (770) 475-6670 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,022 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
161 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 23 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 149 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 161 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 179 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 171 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 172 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (149) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (172).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.1pp since 2021
Math
76.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 76.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.6% | 80.8% |
| 2022-23 | 67.7% | 80.3% |
| 2021-22 | 69.8% | 78.3% |
% 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
71.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Midway Elementary School
Midway Elementary School's state test result (71.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway Elementary School this school | 1,022 | 15.8% | 71.5% |
| Brookwood Elementary Cumming | 810 | 13.8% | 75.7% |
| Mashburn Elementary School Cumming | 976 | 23.2% | 65.4% |
| Riverside Elementary School Suwanee | 919 | 22.6% | 82.3% |
| New Hope Elementary School Comming | 1,175 | 14.6% | 72.9% |
| Roberts Elementary School Suwanee | 946 | 27.1% | 79.8% |
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 Midway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #86 of 1,208 | #9 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #72 of 1,215 ▼ 37 | #11 of 23 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #90 of 1,215 ▲ 33 | #8 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.3pp | #265 of 1,183 | #7 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,022 | #69 of 1,324 | #9 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,246 of 1,301 | #23 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #239 of 1,301 | #5 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #1,257 of 1,312 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +60.7% | #13 of 386 | #1 of 7 |
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
1,022
+130 (+15%) vs 2020
+103% since 1990-91, when it was 503
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 1,022 | 63 | 16.2:1 | 16% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 722 | 48.1 | 15.0:1 | 16% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 45.3 | 15.9:1 | 10% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 892 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 10% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 42.4 | 15.0:1 | 20% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 671 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 46% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 53 | 14.3:1 | 42% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 31% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 503 | 31 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 61% (636 to 1,022); teachers up 49% (42.4 to 63).
About Midway Elementary School
Midway Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in Alpharetta, Georgia. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 1,022 students. The school is 69% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Midway Elementary School is one school in a 42-school district, Forsyth County, which enrolls 54,864 students.
About 47% of students at Midway Elementary School are Asian, the largest single group. Other students are 31% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Forsyth County residents are about 20% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. The school has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. Federal data show 16% of students (161) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Midway Elementary School are 2.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (71.5% actual, 69.2% predicted).
In the wider Forsyth County area, the median household earns about $143,784 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Across Forsyth County, 42 public schools serve about 54,864 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Denmark High School, is the closest to Midway Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 67.9% proficiency; Midway Elementary School posts 71.5%.
Midway Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 130 students, from 892 to 1,022.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Midway Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 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
Other Midway Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 15 states are named Midway Elementary. Midway Elementary School is the largest of the 22.
- Midway Elementary SchoolBlackshear, GA · 484 students
- Midway ElementaryLexington, SC · 856 students
- MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSANFORD, FL · 789 students
- Midway ElementaryAnderson, SC · 675 students
- Midway ElementaryDes Moines, WA · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Denmark High School0.3 mi · 2,527
- Brandywine Elementary School1.6 mi · 968
- DeSana Middle School1.6 mi · 1,278
- Vickery Creek Elementary School1.8 mi · 982
- Vickery Creek Middle School1.9 mi · 1,058
- Piney Grove Middle School3.1 mi · 1,024
Frequently asked questions
About Midway Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Midway Elementary School?
Midway Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,022 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Midway Elementary School serve?
Midway Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Midway Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Midway Elementary School is approximately 16.2:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Midway Elementary School?
At Midway Elementary School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 47% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Midway Elementary School in?
Midway Elementary School is part of Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.