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If you had an hour of school board time for Mill Creek Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,476
Middle
DISTRICT 1,398 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111003909
Mill Creek Middle School
442 Arnold Mill Rd, Woodstock, GA 30188 · (770) 721-6400 · Cherokee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,476 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Georgia public middle schools
- A-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.
- AThree-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
16.8:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
465 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 486 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 496 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 494 | 33% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
57.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.1pp since 2021
Math
62.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.5pp since 2021
What 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.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.7% | 62.2% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 53.5% |
| 2022-23 | 48.6% | 51.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.5% | 50.6% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Mill Creek Middle School
Mill Creek Middle School's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek Middle School this school | 1,476 | 31.5% | 57.0% |
| Dean Rusk Middle School Canton | 1,543 | 30.2% | 58.6% |
| E. T. Booth Middle School Woodstock | 1,675 | 40.8% | 51.1% |
| Richmond Hill Middle School Richmond Hill | 2,022 | 28.9% | 59.7% |
| North Forsyth Middle School Cumming | 1,164 | 29.2% | 46.8% |
| McClure Middle School Kennesaw | 1,030 | 30.7% | 65.5% |
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 Mill Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #73 of 470 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #73 of 474 ▲ 30 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #61 of 474 ▲ 6 | #1 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #50 of 465 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,476 | #23 of 487 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #429 of 471 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #179 of 471 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #430 of 479 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #106 of 144 | N/A |
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
1,476
+83 (+6%) vs 2020
+31% since 2010-11, when it was 1,123
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
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 | 1,476 | 88 | 16.8:1 | 32% (465) |
| 2023-24 | 1,388 | 85.5 | 16.2:1 | 32% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 1,333 | 87 | 15.3:1 | 25% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 1,393 | 89 | 15.7:1 | 22% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 1,413 | 84.8 | 16.7:1 | 24% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 1,443 | 84 | 17.2:1 | 27% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 1,123 | 73 | 15.4:1 | 29% (325) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mill Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,413 to 1,476); teachers up 4% (84.8 to 88).
About Mill Creek Middle School
Woodstock, Georgia, is home to Mill Creek Middle School, a high-enrollment middle school. Federal data show 1,476 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students, which makes this school 93% above average.
Cherokee County oversees Mill Creek Middle School and 36 other schools, with 42,031 students in total.
The student body at Mill Creek Middle School is 58% White. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Among all residents of Cherokee County, the White share is about 76%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. The school has 88 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 14.1:1. Federal data show 32% of students (465) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Mill Creek Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 75% of Georgia public middle schools.
Mill Creek Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (57.0%) and its predicted rate (61.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
In the wider Cherokee County area, the median household earns about $108,115 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Cherokee County, 38 public schools serve about 42,642 students.
River Ridge High School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mill Creek Middle School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Mill Creek Middle School is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 83 students, from 1,393 to 1,476. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.8:1, from 15.7:1.
This page is set up for the Mill Creek Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Woodstock
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
- E. T. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,675 students
- Little River Elem.Elementary · 1,232 students
- Woodstock Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,187 students
Other Mill Creek Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Mill Creek Middle. Mill Creek Middle School is the largest of the 8.
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolNolensville, TN · 932 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolKent, WA · 866 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolLenexa, KS · 676 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolDEXTER, MI · 525 students
- Mill Creek MiddleClaremont, NC · 477 students
Nearby schools
- River Ridge High School0.2 mi · 1,902
- Little River Elem.0.9 mi · 1,232
- Johnston Elementary School1.3 mi · 543
- Arnold Mill Elementary School2.4 mi · 767
- Woodstock Elementary School2.5 mi · 1,187
- Davis Elementary School3.1 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Mill Creek Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mill Creek Middle School?
Mill Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 1,476 students in grades 06-08.
Is Mill Creek Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mill Creek Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mill Creek Middle School is approximately 16.8:1 (88 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Mill Creek Middle School?
Mill Creek Middle School reports a student body of 58% White, 22% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Mill Creek Middle School public or private?
Mill Creek Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.