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If you could change one rule at Pine Mountain Middle School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
506
Middle
DISTRICT 921 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000511
Pine Mountain Middle School
2720 Pine Mountain Cir NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152 · (678) 594-8252 · Cobb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Georgia public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
12.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
281 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 160 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 179 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 167 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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 Mountain Middle School→Kennesaw Mountain High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Cobb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.5pp since 2021
Math
50.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 51.4% |
| 2022-23 | 49.9% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.8% | 38.4% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Pine Mountain Middle School
Pine Mountain Middle School's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain Middle School this school | 506 | 55.5% | 49.3% |
| Awtrey Middle School Kennesaw | 593 | 48.1% | 43.0% |
| Arnall Middle School Newnan | 740 | 60.5% | 36.0% |
| Aaron Cohn Middle School Midland | 525 | 53.3% | 47.3% |
| The STEM Academy at Bartlett Savannah | 625 | 49.1% | 54.2% |
| Barber Middle School Acworth | 790 | 57.8% | 39.2% |
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 Pine Mountain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #122 of 470 | #11 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #141 of 474 ▼ 21 | #11 of 28 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #112 of 474 ▼ 20 | #12 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.8pp | #79 of 465 | #4 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #375 of 487 | #28 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #50 of 471 | #1 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #16 of 471 | #4 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.5% | #358 of 479 | #15 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #77 of 305 | #5 of 22 |
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
506
-170 (-25%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,332
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 506 | 42.3 | 12.0:1 | 56% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 42.6 | 12.8:1 | 57% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 41.6 | 13.8:1 | 46% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 44% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 41.5 | 14.9:1 | 47% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 47 | 13.1:1 | 50% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 46% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 1,077 | 73 | 14.8:1 | 11% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 1,332 | 68 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Mountain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (620 to 506); teachers up 2% (41.5 to 42.3).
About Pine Mountain Middle School
In Kennesaw, Georgia, part of Cobb County, Pine Mountain Middle School is a middle school. In all, 506 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 34% below the 763-student average for middle schools in Georgia.
Cobb County oversees Pine Mountain Middle School and 109 other schools, with 105,738 students in total.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Pine Mountain Middle School is Black, with 39% of students. The next largest groups are 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The school's Black share is 12 points above the 27% share among Cobb County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
For every teacher at Pine Mountain Middle School, there are about 12.0 students; the school has 42.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Georgia, 14.1:1, is higher. There are 281 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 56% of enrollment. That is in line with the 53% average for public schools in Cobb County.
Among Georgia public middle schools, Pine Mountain Middle School outscored 74%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Pine Mountain Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.3% is within a point of the 48.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Cobb County, the median household earns about $102,738 a year, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Cobb County, 129 public schools serve about 116,609 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Hayes Elementary School, is the closest to Pine Mountain Middle School. Pine Mountain Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 51.8%, higher than Pine Mountain Middle School's 49.3%.
The NCES locale for Pine Mountain Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 676 (2020-21) to 506 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 15.0 in 2020-21 to 12.0 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Pine Mountain Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Kennesaw
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 2,224 students
- Kennesaw Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- McClure Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Lost Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Palmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
Nearby schools
- Hayes Elementary School0.2 mi · 802
- Kennesaw Mountain High School1.0 mi · 1,695
- Devereux Ackerman Academy1.4 mi · 54
- Bullard Elementary School1.7 mi · 799
- McClure Middle School1.8 mi · 1,030
- Due West Elementary School2.3 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Mountain Middle SchoolHow many students attend Pine Mountain Middle School?
Pine Mountain Middle School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades 06-08.
Is Pine Mountain Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pine Mountain Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pine Mountain Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pine Mountain Middle School is approximately 12.0:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Mountain Middle School?
At Pine Mountain Middle School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 39% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Pine Mountain Middle School?
Pine Mountain Middle School is overseen by Cobb County in Cobb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.