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Mill Creek Middle School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Mill Creek Middle School
Mill Creek Middle School operates as a substantial 6-8 campus in Woodstock, Georgia, one of the schools within Cherokee County. Current enrollment sits at 1,476 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% above the state mean of about 763.
Mill Creek Middle School is one of 37 schools operated by Cherokee County, a district that enrolls 42,031 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Mill Creek Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Cherokee County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Mill Creek Middle School shows 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mill Creek Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.1%; this one delivers 57.0%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cherokee County) shows that median household earnings sit near $108,115, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Cherokee County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,642 students), of which Mill Creek Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: River Ridge High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mill Creek Middle School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.4%.
Mill Creek Middle School operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Mill Creek Middle School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,413 (now 1,476). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 66% to 58%.
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