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Enrollment
651
Middle
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000150
Ralph Bunche Middle School
1925 Niskey Lake Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 · (404) 802-6700 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- 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
12.2:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
651 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 201 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 213 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 237 | 36% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Ralph Bunche Middle School→D. M. Therrell High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
20.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.4pp since 2021
Math
13.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.4% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 11.7% |
| 2022-23 | 18.3% | 11.4% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 10.5% |
% 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
19.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
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 Ralph Bunche Middle School
Ralph Bunche Middle School's state test result (19.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Bunche Middle School this school | 651 | 100.0% | 19.2% |
| Cedar Grove Middle School Decatur | 685 | 100.0% | 13.8% |
| Chapel Hill Middle School Decatur | 614 | 100.0% | 23.9% |
| John Lewis Invictus Academy Atlanta | 692 | 100.0% | 13.7% |
| McNair Middle School College Park | 727 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Radium Springs Middle School Albany | 747 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
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 Ralph Bunche Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #401 of 470 | #29 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #437 of 474 ▼ 4 | #32 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #397 of 474 ▲ 25 | #25 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #268 of 465 | #28 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #291 of 487 | #23 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #62 of 471 | #12 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #457 of 471 | #27 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #6 of 479 | #4 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #33 of 305 | #3 of 26 |
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
651
-315 (-33%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 972
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 651 | 53.2 | 12.2:1 | 100% (651) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 59.4 | 12.0:1 | 90% (640) |
| 2022-23 | 824 | 63.1 | 13.1:1 | 100% (824) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 64 | 15.1:1 | 100% (966) |
| 2017-18 | 858 | 51.1 | 16.8:1 | 100% (858) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 100% (759) |
| 2010-11 | 816 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 89% (728) |
| 2000-01 | 849 | 52 | 16.3:1 | 75% (638) |
| 1990-91 | 972 | 50 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ralph Bunche Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (858 to 651); teachers up 4% (51.1 to 53.2).
About Ralph Bunche Middle School
Atlanta, Georgia, is home to Ralph Bunche Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. The school counted 651 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
Federal data list 87 schools in Atlanta Public Schools, with 49,945 students enrolled.
Black students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Fulton County's residents are about 43% Black, 50 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Ralph Bunche Middle School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 12.2:1 is based on 53.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Fulton County report 62%.
Ralph Bunche Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Georgia public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ralph Bunche Middle School is 6.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 19.2%. Predicted: 25.7%.
In the surrounding county, Fulton County, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Fulton County has 205 public schools with about 138,270 students, including Ralph Bunche Middle School.
R. N. Fickett Elementary School is the nearest public school to Ralph Bunche Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Ralph Bunche Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ralph Bunche Middle School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 19.2% against a local average of 28.8%.
Federal data place Ralph Bunche Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 966 students in 2020-21 to 651 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.1:1 to 12.2:1.
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Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Ralph Bunche Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ralph Bunche Middle School?
Ralph Bunche Middle School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ralph Bunche Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ralph Bunche Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ralph Bunche Middle School?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at Ralph Bunche Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Ralph Bunche Middle School?
Student demographics at Ralph Bunche Middle School are roughly 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 92% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Ralph Bunche Middle School public or private?
Ralph Bunche Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Atlanta Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.