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Pinckneyville Middle School
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 391 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 387 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 379 | 33% |
School pathway
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 46.5% |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 45.9% |
| 2021-22 | 48.5% | 44.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
Schools most like Pinckneyville Middle School
Pinckneyville Middle School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinckneyville Middle School this school | 1,157 | 57.0% | 42.3% |
| Peachtree Middle School Atlanta | 1,214 | 55.4% | 42.2% |
| Ridgeview Charter School Atlanta | 945 | 51.2% | 49.5% |
| Griffin Middle School Smyrna | 991 | 55.0% | 44.9% |
| Daniell Middle School Marietta | 884 | 57.8% | 47.6% |
| Carrollton Middle School Carrollton | 1,280 | 58.5% | 43.0% |
Where Pinckneyville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #182 of 470 | #18 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #130 of 474 ▲ 23 | #18 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #143 of 474 ▼ 13 | #18 of 30 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #332 of 465 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,157 | #63 of 487 | #23 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #181 of 471 | #6 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #21 of 471 | #12 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #350 of 479 | #21 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #159 of 305 | #10 of 16 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,157 | 85.5 | 13.5:1 | 57% (659) |
| 2023-24 | 1,136 | 89 | 12.8:1 | 58% (658) |
| 2022-23 | 1,206 | 83 | 14.5:1 | 53% (635) |
| 2020-21 | 1,219 | 79 | 15.4:1 | 55% (668) |
| 2017-18 | 1,281 | 82.5 | 15.5:1 | 57% (729) |
| 2015-16 | 1,277 | 80 | 16.0:1 | 57% (729) |
| 2010-11 | 1,289 | 80 | 16.1:1 | 56% (723) |
| 2000-01 | 1,126 | 78 | 14.4:1 | 26% (295) |
| 1990-91 | 985 | 54 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,281 to 1,157); teachers up 4% (82.5 to 85.5).
About Pinckneyville Middle School
Among the schools in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, is Pinckneyville Middle School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school. A federal count lists 1,157 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Georgia) has about 763 students.
The Gwinnett County system has 141 schools and 182,518 students.
Pinckneyville Middle School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 39%. Other students are 26% Black, 25% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Gwinnett County residents are about 24% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Pinckneyville Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Dividing enrollment by its 85.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.5:1. Middle schools in Georgia average about 14.1:1, a similar figure. Pinckneyville Middle School reports 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Pinckneyville Middle School is C+. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 44% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, Pinckneyville Middle School is 5.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
In Gwinnett County (population about 979,864), median household income is about $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 150 public schools operate in Gwinnett County, serving about 196,924 students.
The closest public school, Simpson Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles from Pinckneyville Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Pinckneyville Middle School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Pinckneyville Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,157, 5% below the 1,219 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.5 students per teacher, compared with 15.4 in 2020-21.
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