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What tradition at Morrow Middle School should never be changed?
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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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
794
-134 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.2:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
31%
was 22%
% Black
53%
was 59%
% Asian
11%
was 13%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Morrow Middle School
Morrow Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Morrow, Georgia, overseen by Clayton County. The school serves 794 students in grades 6 through 8.
Clayton County comprises 68 schools with combined enrollment of 51,326 students; Morrow Middle School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Morrow Middle School logs that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Morrow Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 22.2%.
Across the wider county, Clayton County reports that median household income runs about $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Morrow Middle School is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students).
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Morrow Middle School. On composite proficiency, Morrow Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 22.0%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morrow Middle School has ticked down 14%, going from 928 students in 2018 to 794 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 22% to 31%.
On this page, members of the Morrow Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Utopian Academy for the Arts High School0.3 mi · 291
- Forest Park Middle School0.3 mi · 593
- 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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.