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Enrollment
625
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174001568
Miller Grove Middle School
2215 Miller Rd, Decatur, GA 30035 · (678) 676-8902 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Georgia public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
625 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 203 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 195 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 227 | 36% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Miller Grove Middle School→Miller Grove High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.4pp since 2021
Math
10.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.3% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 5.3% |
| 2022-23 | 21.6% | 5.5% |
| 2021-22 | 15.8% | 7.7% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Miller Grove Middle School
Miller Grove Middle School's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Grove Middle School this school | 625 | 100.0% | 12.7% |
| Jean Childs Young Middle School Atlanta | 657 | 100.0% | 14.2% |
| Redan Middle School Lithonia | 623 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
| Crawford Long Middle School Atlanta | 627 | 100.0% | 11.9% |
| McNair Middle School Decatur | 701 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
| Cedar Grove Middle School Decatur | 685 | 100.0% | 13.8% |
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 Miller Grove Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #444 of 470 | #21 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #448 of 474 ▲ 19 | #22 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #433 of 474 ▼ 39 | #18 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #307 of 465 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #313 of 487 | #17 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #158 of 471 | #7 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.5% | #419 of 471 | #15 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #51 of 479 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.2% | #15 of 305 | #2 of 13 |
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
625
-163 (-21%) vs 2020
-57% since 2000-01, when it was 1,444
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 625 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 100% (625) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 42.5 | 15.7:1 | 100% (668) |
| 2022-23 | 722 | 47.5 | 15.2:1 | 100% (722) |
| 2020-21 | 788 | 58 | 13.6:1 | 99% (780) |
| 2017-18 | 909 | 62.5 | 14.5:1 | 88% (801) |
| 2015-16 | 956 | 60 | 15.9:1 | 91% (869) |
| 2010-11 | 1,038 | 63 | 16.5:1 | 83% (857) |
| 2000-01 | 1,444 | 79 | 18.3:1 | 50% (728) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Miller Grove Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (909 to 625); teachers down 25% (62.5 to 47).
About Miller Grove Middle School
Miller Grove Middle School is a small middle school that serves part of Decatur, Georgia. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 625 students.
Miller Grove Middle School sits within DeKalb County, which has 131 schools and 92,088 students.
Miller Grove Middle School enrolls a student body that is 86% Black. The rest of enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of DeKalb County's population at about 51%. The chance that two students picked at random at Miller Grove Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 25%.
The count of teachers at Miller Grove Middle School is 47 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.3:1. Among middle schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 14.1:1. The school counts 625 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. The rate at public schools in DeKalb County averages 77%, lower than here.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Miller Grove Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Miller Grove Middle School, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 12.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for DeKalb County show that median household income is about $80,644, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 154 public schools operate in DeKalb County, serving about 102,960 students.
The closest public school to Miller Grove Middle School is Panola Way Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Miller Grove Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Miller Grove Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 625 was 21% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 788.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Decatur
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Beacon Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Southwest DeKalb High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Druid Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 985 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 877 students
- Towers High SchoolHigh · 876 students
Nearby schools
- Panola Way Elementary School0.9 mi · 550
- Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School1.3 mi · 655
- Woodridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 444
- The Anchor School1.7 mi · 208
- Marbut Elementary School1.8 mi · 427
- Redan Middle School1.9 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About Miller Grove Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Miller Grove Middle School?
Miller Grove Middle School enrolls approximately 625 students in grades 06-08.
Is Miller Grove Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Miller Grove Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Miller Grove Middle School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Miller Grove Middle School.
How diverse is Miller Grove Middle School?
Miller Grove Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 8% Hispanic, 86% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Miller Grove Middle School?
Miller Grove Middle School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.