Rising Starr Middle School

Rising Starr Middle School operates as a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Fayetteville, Georgia, part of Fayette County. Current enrollment sits at 931 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Rising Starr Middle School sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Fayette County, which oversees 24 schools and 19,800 students, Rising Starr Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Rising Starr Middle School records that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

In terms of school funding signals, Rising Starr Middle School reports 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 15% of students at Rising Starr Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rising Starr Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.6%, the actual is 75.9%, a residual of +6.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fayette County) shows that median household income runs about $111,978, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Rising Starr Middle School is one of 26 public schools in Fayette County (combined enrollment of about 20,375 students).

The closest other public school is Starrs Mill High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rising Starr Middle School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rising Starr Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 70.0%.

Rising Starr Middle School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Rising Starr Middle School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 891 (now 931).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.