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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Morrow Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
794
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000492
Morrow Middle School
5934 Trammell Rd, Morrow, GA 30260 · (770) 473-2700 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
794 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 286 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 255 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 253 | 32% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
21.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
23.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.8% | 23.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 19.9% | 18.8% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 17.8% |
% 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
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 Morrow Middle School
Morrow Middle School's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrow Middle School this school | 794 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| Sandy Springs Middle School Atlanta | 763 | 100.0% | 37.4% |
| Tucker Middle School Tucker | 1,173 | 100.0% | 33.7% |
| Sequoyah Middle School Riverdale | 765 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| Stone Mountain Middle School Stone Mountain | 986 | 100.0% | 18.2% |
| Jonesboro Middle School Jonesboro | 895 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
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 Morrow Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #380 of 470 | #6 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #365 of 474 ▼ 14 | #4 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #389 of 474 ▼ 8 | #4 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #274 of 465 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 794 | #202 of 487 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #272 of 471 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #161 of 471 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #30 of 479 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #109 of 305 | #7 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
794
-135 (-15%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 973
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 794 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 100% (794) |
| 2023-24 | 762 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 89% (675) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 59 | 13.2:1 | 91% (705) |
| 2020-21 | 929 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 93% (864) |
| 2017-18 | 928 | 61 | 15.2:1 | 99% (923) |
| 2015-16 | 755 | 41 | 18.4:1 | 99% (751) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 87% (642) |
| 2000-01 | 1,042 | 61 | 17.1:1 | 67% (698) |
| 1990-91 | 973 | 55 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morrow Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (928 to 794); teachers down 10% (61 to 55).
About Morrow Middle School
Morrow Middle School is a medium-sized middle school serving families in Morrow, Georgia. It enrolled 794 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Clayton County (68 schools, 51,326 students) runs Morrow Middle School.
Black students are the majority at Morrow Middle School, with 53% of enrollment. Other groups make up 31% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Clayton County as a whole is about 69% Black, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 55 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Morrow Middle School was 14.4:1. That matches the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia fairly closely. Morrow Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%.
A school with Morrow Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 25.7%. Morrow Middle School scores 22.2%, 3.5 points below that line.
Across Clayton County, the median household income is $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clayton County is home to 73 public schools and about 63,156 public school students.
Nearby, Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 22.0% on proficiency, and Morrow Middle School is above that at 22.2%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Morrow Middle School's enrollment dropped from 929 in 2020-21 to 794 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.4:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Morrow Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Morrow
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 801 students
- Haynie Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
- William M. McGarrah Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Tara Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Morrow Elementary SchoolElementary · 406 students
Nearby schools
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.1 mi · 801
- Forest Park Middle School0.3 mi · 593
- Utopian Academy for the Arts High School0.3 mi · 291
- William M. McGarrah Elementary School0.8 mi · 658
- Morrow Elementary School1.3 mi · 406
- Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School1.8 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Morrow Middle SchoolHow large is Morrow Middle School?
Morrow Middle School enrolls approximately 794 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Morrow Middle School serve?
Morrow Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Morrow Middle School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Morrow Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Morrow Middle School?
Student demographics at Morrow Middle School are roughly 2% White, 31% Hispanic, 53% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Morrow Middle School in?
Morrow Middle School is part of Clayton County.
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