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Which teacher or staff member at Mt. Zion Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
404
Middle
DISTRICT 606 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY·NCES 130084003562
Mt. Zion Middle School
132 Mount Zion St, Carrollton, GA 30117 · (770) 834-3389 · Carroll County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Georgia public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
- B-Three-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
15.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
192 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 129 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 138 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 137 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%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
31.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.2pp since 2021
Math
37.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 28.4% |
| 2022-23 | 31.2% | 24.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 26.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mt. Zion Middle School
Mt. Zion Middle School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Zion Middle School this school | 404 | 47.5% | 34.8% |
| Bowdon Middle School Bowdon | 338 | 42.6% | 45.9% |
| Coastal Middle School Savannah | 486 | 48.1% | 50.4% |
| McCleskey Middle School Marietta | 540 | 46.7% | 56.9% |
| East Paulding Middle School Dallas | 630 | 46.3% | 45.8% |
| Fairplay Middle School Douglasville | 523 | 46.8% | 51.2% |
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 Mt. Zion Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #265 of 470 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #248 of 474 ▲ 63 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #281 of 474 ▲ 17 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #211 of 465 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #417 of 487 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #340 of 471 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #214 of 471 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #386 of 479 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.6% | #21 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
404
+55 (+16%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 319
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 404 | 26.4 | 15.3:1 | 48% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 23.4 | 14.7:1 | 78% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 23.5 | 14.3:1 | 70% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 70% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 21.4 | 14.9:1 | 69% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 72% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 17 | 18.8:1 | 73% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Zion Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (319 to 404); teachers up 23% (21.4 to 26.4).
About Mt. Zion Middle School
Located in Carrollton, Georgia, Mt. Zion Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school. A federal count lists 404 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Georgia) has about 763 students.
Carroll County oversees Mt. Zion Middle School and 23 other schools, with 16,400 students in total.
At 60%, White students outnumber all other groups at Mt. Zion Middle School combined. Other students are 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 7% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Mt. Zion Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Dividing enrollment by its 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1, lower than at this school. Mt. Zion Middle School reports 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 48% average for public schools in Carroll County.
allk12 grades Mt. Zion Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 34.8%, is 18.0 points below the 52.8% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Federal survey data for Carroll County show that median household income is about $73,714, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. A total of 28 public schools operate in Carroll County, serving about 22,250 students.
Mt. Zion High School is the public school closest to Mt. Zion Middle School, about 2.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.6%; Mt. Zion Middle School's is 34.8%, ranking 8th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 349 to 404.
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Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,569
Census ACS
Median income
$73,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
22,250 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County
- Villa Rica High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 991 students
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ithica ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other schools in Carrollton
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,894 students
- Carrollton High SchoolHigh · 1,859 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- Carrollton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 991 students
Nearby schools
- Mt. Zion High School2.9 mi · 496
- Mount Zion Elementary School3.2 mi · 640
- Bowdon Middle School5.7 mi · 338
- Bremen High School6.1 mi · 744
- KidsPeace6.3 mi · 50
- Bremen 4th & 5th Grade Academy6.4 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Zion Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mt. Zion Middle School?
Mt. Zion Middle School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mt. Zion Middle School serve?
Mt. Zion Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mt. Zion Middle School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Mt. Zion Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Mt. Zion Middle School?
Student demographics at Mt. Zion Middle School are roughly 60% White, 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Mt. Zion Middle School in?
Mt. Zion Middle School is part of Carroll County.
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