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Enrollment
859
Middle
DISTRICT 905 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON COUNTY·NCES 130288001223
Northside Middle School
500 Johnson Rd, Warner Robins, GA 31093 · (478) 929-7845 · Houston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL859 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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.
- A-Beats 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
13.5:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
859 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 280 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 288 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 291 | 34% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
29.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.5pp since 2021
Math
31.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.8% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 25.4% |
| 2022-23 | 23.2% | 21.9% |
| 2021-22 | 29.3% | 28.2% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Northside Middle School
Northside Middle School's state test result (33.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Middle School this school | 859 | 100.0% | 33.9% |
| Huntington Middle School Warner Robins | 780 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| Snelson-Golden Middle School Hinesville | 876 | 100.0% | 24.7% |
| Conyers Middle School Conyers | 943 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Langston Chapel Middle School Statesboro | 718 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Lewis Frasier Middle School Hinesville | 828 | 93.5% | 32.6% |
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 Northside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Houston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #275 of 470 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #303 of 474 ▲ 23 | #7 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #308 of 474 ▲ 10 | #8 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #333 of 465 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 859 | #165 of 487 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #180 of 471 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #220 of 471 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #88 of 479 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #108 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
859
+24 (+3%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 857
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 859 | 63.6 | 13.5:1 | 100% (859) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 61.9 | 13.5:1 | 100% (838) |
| 2022-23 | 844 | 59.8 | 14.1:1 | 84% (708) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 58 | 14.4:1 | 81% (675) |
| 2017-18 | 822 | 54.4 | 15.1:1 | 97% (798) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 97% (657) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 72% (459) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 38% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 857 | 49 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (822 to 859); teachers up 17% (54.4 to 63.6).
About Northside Middle School
In Warner Robins, Georgia, Northside Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. It serves 859 students in grades 6 through 8.
In Houston County, 38 schools enroll a combined 30,939 students.
A majority of students at Northside Middle School, 60%, are Black. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 15% White, and 4% multiracial. The school's Black share is 28 points above the 32% share among Houston County residents. Northside Middle School has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 63.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.5:1. Middle schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 14.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Houston County average 74%.
Northside Middle School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of Georgia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Northside Middle School scores 33.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.7%.
In Houston County (population about 169,649), median household income is about $80,698, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. A total of 39 public schools operate in Houston County, serving about 30,939 students.
The school nearest to Northside Middle School is Northside High School, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Within five miles of Northside Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Northside Middle School places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Northside Middle School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students grew from 835 to 859 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Northside Middle School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Houston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,649
Census ACS
Median income
$80,698
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
30,939 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Houston County
- Houston County High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Veterans High SchoolHigh · 1,940 students
- Warner Robins High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,615 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
Other schools in Warner Robins
- Houston County High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Warner Robins High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Feagin Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 975 students
- Warner Robins Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
- Huntington Middle SchoolMiddle · 780 students
Other Northside Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Northside Middle. Northside Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Northside Middle SchoolColumbus, IN · 908 students
- Northside MiddleNorfolk, VA · 732 students
- Northside MiddleRoanoke, VA · 648 students
- Northside Middle SchoolMuncie, IN · 630 students
- Northside MiddleGreenwood, SC · 593 students
Nearby schools
- Northside High School0.9 mi · 1,949
- Parkwood Elementary School1.1 mi · 683
- Miller Elementary School1.4 mi · 487
- Westside Elementary School1.6 mi · 543
- Northside Elementary School1.6 mi · 564
- Shirley Hills Elementary School2.2 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About Northside Middle SchoolHow many students attend Northside Middle School?
Northside Middle School enrolls approximately 859 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Northside Middle School serve?
Northside Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northside Middle School is approximately 13.5:1 (64 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northside Middle School?
At Northside Middle School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 19% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Northside Middle School?
Northside Middle School is overseen by Houston County in Houston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.