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Enrollment
1,024
Middle
DISTRICT 1,220 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222003357
Piney Grove Middle School
8135 Majors Rd, Cumming, GA 30041 · (678) 965-5010 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,024 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% 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.
- 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
16.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
132 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 327 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 338 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 359 | 35% |
Student demographics
60%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
School pathway
Based on published attendance-zone data from Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
78.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
85.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.1% | 85.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.9% | 86.2% |
| 2022-23 | 75.3% | 80.4% |
| 2021-22 | 75.4% | 82.9% |
% 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
85.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Piney Grove Middle School
Piney Grove Middle School's state test result (85.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Grove Middle School this school | 1,024 | 12.9% | 85.2% |
| River Trail Middle School Duluth | 1,098 | 14.5% | 81.8% |
| South Forsyth Middle School Cumming | 1,319 | 7.9% | 84.2% |
| Riverwatch Middle School Suwanee | 1,455 | 13.1% | 86.1% |
| Webb Bridge Middle School Alpharetta | 1,228 | 7.9% | 83.0% |
| DeSana Middle School Alpharetta | 1,278 | 21.6% | 63.5% |
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 Piney Grove Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #5 of 470 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.8% | #8 of 474 no change | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.1% | #10 of 474 ▲ 4 | #3 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #297 of 465 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,024 | #90 of 487 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #439 of 471 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #187 of 471 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.9% | #471 of 479 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #135 of 144 | #7 of 8 |
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
1,024
+32 (+3%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 952
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,024 | 60.4 | 16.9:1 | 13% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 1,054 | 62.1 | 17.0:1 | 13% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 1,026 | 57.1 | 18.0:1 | 8% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 992 | 61 | 16.3:1 | 6% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 1,010 | 62 | 16.3:1 | 8% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 1,434 | 81 | 17.7:1 | 17% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 952 | 54 | 17.6:1 | 22% (205) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Piney Grove Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,010 to 1,024); teachers down 3% (62 to 60.4).
About Piney Grove Middle School
Piney Grove Middle School is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in Cumming, Georgia. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 1,024 students. The typical figure for middle schools in Georgia is about 763 students.
Piney Grove Middle School is one school in Forsyth County, a system of 42 schools with 54,864 students.
Piney Grove Middle School is 57% Asian by enrollment. The remaining students are 26% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Forsyth County, the Asian share is about 20%. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 60.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Piney Grove Middle School was 16.9:1. On average, middle schools in Georgia have 14.1:1, compared with 16.9:1 here. Piney Grove Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 13%. It compares with 21% for public schools in Forsyth County.
Piney Grove Middle School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 96% of Georgia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Piney Grove Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 85.2% and a predicted 70.7%.
Forsyth County has these Census figures: the median household income is $143,784, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Forsyth County is home to 42 public schools and about 54,864 public school students.
Shiloh Point Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Piney Grove Middle School. By average proficiency, Piney Grove Middle School is 2nd among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns Piney Grove 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.
Enrollment has grown by 32 students since 2020-21, to 1,024.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Piney Grove Middle School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Cumming
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- Sawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,591 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,513 students
Other Piney Grove Middle schools
One other US public school is named Piney Grove Middle. Piney Grove Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Piney Grove Middle SchoolLawsonville, NC · 189 students
Nearby schools
- Shiloh Point Elementary0.2 mi · 955
- South Forsyth High School0.5 mi · 2,634
- Daves Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 881
- Big Creek Elementary School2.2 mi · 745
- South Forsyth Middle School2.5 mi · 1,319
- New Hope Elementary School2.8 mi · 1,175
Frequently asked questions
About Piney Grove Middle SchoolHow many students attend Piney Grove Middle School?
Piney Grove Middle School enrolls approximately 1,024 students in grades 06-08.
Is Piney Grove Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Piney Grove Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Piney Grove Middle School have?
Piney Grove Middle School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Piney Grove Middle School?
Student demographics at Piney Grove Middle School are roughly 26% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 57% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Piney Grove Middle School?
Piney Grove Middle School is overseen by Forsyth County in Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.