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Enrollment
747
Middle
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183003343
Radium Springs Middle School
2600 Radium Springs Rd, Albany, GA 31705 · (229) 431-3346 · Dougherty County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL747 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Georgia public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
747 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 218 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 276 | 37% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
8.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
8.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.9% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.0% | 5.4% |
| 2022-23 | 9.8% | 3.4% |
| 2021-22 | 8.7% | 1.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
7.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Radium Springs Middle School
Radium Springs Middle School's state test result (7.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radium Springs Middle School this school | 747 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
| Albany Middle School Albany | 792 | 100.0% | 18.4% |
| McNair Middle School College Park | 727 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Cedar Grove Middle School Decatur | 685 | 100.0% | 13.8% |
| Salem Middle School Lithonia | 827 | 100.0% | 12.0% |
| Merry Acres Middle School Albany | 807 | 100.0% | 18.7% |
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 Radium Springs Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #465 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #460 of 474 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #471 of 474 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #273 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 747 | #235 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #238 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #453 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #65 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #241 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
747
-159 (-18%) vs 2020
+9% since 2010-11, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 747 | 53.4 | 14.0:1 | 100% (747) |
| 2023-24 | 832 | 51.9 | 16.0:1 | 100% (832) |
| 2022-23 | 919 | 51.6 | 17.8:1 | 100% (919) |
| 2020-21 | 906 | 47 | 19.3:1 | 100% (906) |
| 2017-18 | 779 | 49.5 | 15.7:1 | 60% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 51 | 12.0:1 | 100% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 41 | 16.8:1 | 91% (625) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Radium Springs Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (779 to 747); teachers up 8% (49.5 to 53.4).
About Radium Springs Middle School
Radium Springs Middle School is a middle school in Albany, Georgia, reachable at (229) 431-3346. It enrolled 747 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Dougherty County, which runs Radium Springs Middle School, has 22 schools and 13,241 students.
About 91% of the student body at Radium Springs Middle School is Black. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Dougherty County's population at about 71%. Radium Springs Middle School's diversity index is 16%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Radium Springs Middle School is 53.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Dougherty County.
allk12 grades Radium Springs Middle School an F. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Radium Springs Middle School scores 18.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 7.0% actual versus 25.7% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Dougherty County has about 83,091 residents, and the median household income is $49,044, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Besides Radium Springs Middle School, Dougherty County has 21 other public schools.
Radium Springs Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 7.0% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Radium Springs Middle School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment is down 18% from 2020-21, when Radium Springs Middle School had 906 students, to 2024-25, when it had 747. Students per teacher fell from 19.3 in 2020-21 to 14.0 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Dougherty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,091
Census ACS
Median income
$49,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dougherty County
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Albany
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Radium Springs Elementary School1.0 mi · 682
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School2.1 mi · 537
- Morningside Elementary School2.3 mi · 331
- Lamar Reese School of the Arts2.5 mi · 368
- International Studies Elementary Charter School3.1 mi · 470
- Dougherty Comprehensive High School3.7 mi · 1,191
Frequently asked questions
About Radium Springs Middle SchoolHow many students attend Radium Springs Middle School?
Radium Springs Middle School enrolls approximately 747 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Radium Springs Middle School serve?
Radium Springs Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Radium Springs Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Radium Springs Middle School is approximately 14.0:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Radium Springs Middle School?
At Radium Springs Middle School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 5% Hispanic, 91% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Radium Springs Middle School?
Radium Springs Middle School is overseen by Dougherty County in Dougherty County.
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