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Enrollment
693
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000478
Pointe South Middle School
8495 Thomas Rd, Jonesboro, GA 30238 · (770) 473-2890 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Georgia public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- BThree-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
13.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
693 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 249 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 204 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 240 | 35% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
17.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
Math
18.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.9% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 15.2% |
| 2022-23 | 21.1% | 11.3% |
| 2021-22 | 16.1% | 8.9% |
% 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
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Pointe South Middle School
Pointe South Middle School's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe South Middle School this school | 693 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Sumter County Intermediate School Americus | 711 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| Mundys Mill Middle School Jonesboro | 687 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Baker Middle School Columbus | 631 | 100.0% | 4.7% |
| Riverdale Middle School Riverdale | 560 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Rex Mill Middle School Rex | 904 | 100.0% | 30.5% |
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 Pointe South Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #404 of 470 | #9 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #405 of 474 ▼ 2 | #8 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #428 of 474 ▼ 25 | #13 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.4pp | #192 of 465 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #269 of 487 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #139 of 471 | #3 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #354 of 471 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #27 of 479 | #4 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #62 of 305 | #4 of 13 |
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
693
-148 (-18%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 982
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 693 | 53 | 13.1:1 | 100% (693) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 99% (713) |
| 2022-23 | 760 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 91% (688) |
| 2020-21 | 841 | 54 | 15.6:1 | 93% (782) |
| 2017-18 | 861 | 53.5 | 16.1:1 | 99% (856) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 45 | 17.7:1 | 99% (791) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 89% (750) |
| 2000-01 | 1,055 | 52 | 20.3:1 | 64% (671) |
| 1990-91 | 982 | 60 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pointe South Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (861 to 693); teachers down 1% (53.5 to 53).
About Pointe South Middle School
Pointe South Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Jonesboro, Georgia. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 693 students in 2024-25.
Clayton County serves 51,326 students across 68 schools.
The largest group at Pointe South Middle School is Black students, at 74%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 40%.
Pointe South Middle School lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia is 1.0 students per teacher. About 100% of students at Pointe South Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public middle schools, Pointe South Middle School outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Pointe South Middle School would score about 25.7%. It scores 18.9%, 6.8 points below that figure.
In the wider Clayton County area, median household income comes to about $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clayton County counts 73 public schools with about 63,156 students.
Pointe South Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Pointe South Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Pointe South Middle School ranks 5th on proficiency.
Pointe South Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Pointe South Middle School had a net loss of 148 students, or 18%. The ratio was 15.6:1 in 2020-21 and 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Pointe South Elementary School0.2 mi · 508
- Callaway Elementary School1.5 mi · 677
- Lake Ridge Elementary School1.8 mi · 498
- Kendrick Middle School1.8 mi · 619
- Swint Elementary School2.3 mi · 544
- Riverdale High School2.6 mi · 1,359
Frequently asked questions
About Pointe South Middle SchoolHow many students attend Pointe South Middle School?
Pointe South Middle School enrolls approximately 693 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Pointe South Middle School serve?
Pointe South Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Pointe South Middle School have?
Pointe South Middle School employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Pointe South Middle School?
Student demographics at Pointe South Middle School are roughly 1% White, 21% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Pointe South Middle School?
Pointe South Middle School is overseen by Clayton County in Clayton County.
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