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Enrollment
733
Middle
DISTRICT 798 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY·NCES 130339003904
Pine Grove Middle School
4159 River Rd, Valdosta, GA 31605 · (229) 219-3234 · Lowndes County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Georgia public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
12.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
524 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 242 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 256 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 32% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pine Grove Middle School→Lowndes High School
Based on grade levels within Lowndes County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
49.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.9pp since 2021
Math
58.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.1% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 61.5% |
| 2022-23 | 51.4% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.3% | 59.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Pine Grove Middle School
Pine Grove Middle School's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove Middle School this school | 733 | 71.5% | 56.5% |
| Glynn Middle School Brunswick | 735 | 74.6% | 51.1% |
| Midway Middle School Midway | 750 | 72.5% | 38.5% |
| Carver Middle School Monroe | 914 | 64.7% | 32.8% |
| Smokey Road Middle School Newnan | 563 | 64.3% | 28.8% |
| Ware County Middle School Waycross | 752 | 80.5% | 38.1% |
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 Pine Grove Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #78 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #94 of 474 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #105 of 474 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #375 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #242 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #75 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #72 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #290 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #242 of 305 |
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
733
-83 (-10%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 733 | 59.2 | 12.4:1 | 71% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 697 | 55.7 | 12.5:1 | 59% (409) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 53.9 | 13.8:1 | 50% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 53 | 15.4:1 | 43% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 46.5 | 16.4:1 | 45% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 44% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 44 | 14.5:1 | 46% (292) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Grove Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (764 to 733); teachers up 27% (46.5 to 59.2).
About Pine Grove Middle School
Pine Grove Middle School is a middle school with a street address in Valdosta, Georgia. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 733 students.
Pine Grove Middle School falls under Lowndes County, which has 11 schools enrolling 10,618 students.
White students account for 45% of enrollment at Pine Grove Middle School, more than any other group. Other students are 32% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Pine Grove Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1, with 59.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 80% for public schools in Lowndes County.
On the allk12 Grade, Pine Grove Middle School lands at A, ahead of 86% of Georgia public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Pine Grove Middle School is +16.1 points, in the top 10% of Georgia. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.5%, and the predicted rate is 40.4%.
In Lowndes County, median household income comes to about $58,541, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lowndes County counts 20 public schools with about 19,812 students.
Pine Grove Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Pine Grove Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Pine Grove Middle School is ahead of the 41.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, Pine Grove Middle School is Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, Pine Grove Middle School enrolled 816 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 733. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.4:1) than in 2020-21 (15.4:1).
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Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
119,965
Census ACS
Median income
$58,541
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
19,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 904 students
- Hahira Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Dewar ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Lowndes Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Hahira Elementary SchoolElementary · 782 students
Other schools in Valdosta
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Valdosta High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Sallas Mahone ElementaryElementary · 1,045 students
- Valdosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- W.G. Nunn ElementaryElementary · 974 students
- Scintilla Charter AcademyCombined · 947 students
Other Pine Grove Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pine Grove Middle. Pine Grove Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Pine Grove MiddleBaltimore, MD · 804 students
- PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLEAST SYRACUSE, NY · 697 students
Nearby schools
- Pine Grove Elementary School0.0 mi · 756
- Sallas Mahone Elementary4.2 mi · 1,045
- Dewar Elementary4.6 mi · 821
- Scintilla Charter Academy6.1 mi · 947
- Valdosta High School6.2 mi · 2,457
- Hahira Elementary School6.2 mi · 782
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Grove Middle SchoolHow large is Pine Grove Middle School?
Pine Grove Middle School enrolls approximately 733 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Pine Grove Middle School serve?
Pine Grove Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pine Grove Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pine Grove Middle School is approximately 12.4:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Grove Middle School?
At Pine Grove Middle School, the student body is approximately 45% White, 14% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Pine Grove Middle School?
Pine Grove Middle School is overseen by Lowndes County in Lowndes County.
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