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How has Rising Starr Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
931
Middle
DISTRICT 919 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 130213002166
Rising Starr Middle School
183 Panther Path, Fayetteville, GA 30215 · (770) 486-2721 · Fayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL931 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- B+Beats 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
14.8:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
139 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 294 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 318 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 319 | 34% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
75.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
Math
82.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.8% | 82.1% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 79.3% |
| 2022-23 | 77.1% | 80.1% |
| 2021-22 | 74.0% | 78.5% |
% 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Rising Starr Middle School
Rising Starr Middle School's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Starr Middle School this school | 931 | 14.9% | 75.9% |
| Greenbrier Middle School Evans | 853 | 18.5% | 68.4% |
| Mabry Middle School Marietta | 938 | 14.5% | 70.3% |
| Hightower Trail Middle School Marietta | 944 | 10.1% | 72.7% |
| Crabapple Middle School Roswell | 881 | 19.5% | 65.2% |
| Durham Middle School Acworth | 984 | 21.6% | 61.7% |
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 Rising Starr Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #15 of 470 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.1% | #13 of 474 ▲ 4 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #14 of 474 ▼ 6 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #299 of 465 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 931 | #127 of 487 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #298 of 471 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #289 of 471 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #464 of 479 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #107 of 144 | N/A |
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
931
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 1,112
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 931 | 63 | 14.8:1 | 15% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 958 | 66.5 | 14.4:1 | 17% (162) |
| 2022-23 | 926 | 66.2 | 14.0:1 | 10% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 941 | 64 | 14.7:1 | 10% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 891 | 60 | 14.8:1 | 9% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 967 | 59 | 16.4:1 | 10% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 1,028 | 75 | 13.7:1 | 13% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 1,112 | 81 | 13.7:1 | 5% (54) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rising Starr Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (891 to 931); teachers up 5% (60 to 63).
About Rising Starr Middle School
Rising Starr Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school based in Fayetteville, Georgia. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 931 students. That puts enrollment 22% larger than the 763-student average for middle schools in Georgia.
The 24 schools of Fayette County, including Rising Starr Middle School, enroll 19,800 students.
Of every 100 students at Rising Starr Middle School, about 68 are White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Fayette County, the White share is about 57%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
Rising Starr Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1, with 63 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. The school has 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Fayette County is 34%.
Rising Starr Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 90% of Georgia public middle schools.
Rising Starr Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 75.9%, compared with a predicted 69.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Fayette County, where median household income comes to about $111,978, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Fayette County counts 26 public schools with about 20,375 students.
Among nearby public schools, Starrs Mill High School is closest at about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 70.0% proficiency; Rising Starr Middle School posts 75.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 941 in 2020-21, 931 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Rising Starr Middle School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
122,244
Census ACS
Median income
$111,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
20,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- McIntosh High SchoolHigh · 1,762 students
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Sandy Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- J.C. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
Other schools in Fayetteville
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Bennett's Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Whitewater Middle SchoolMiddle · 874 students
- Sara Harp Minter Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
Nearby schools
- Starrs Mill High School0.1 mi · 1,357
- Peeples Elementary School0.2 mi · 658
- Braelinn Elementary School2.2 mi · 538
- Oak Grove Elementary School3.0 mi · 450
- Whitewater High School3.7 mi · 1,303
- Sara Harp Minter Elementary School3.8 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Rising Starr Middle SchoolHow many students attend Rising Starr Middle School?
Rising Starr Middle School enrolls approximately 931 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rising Starr Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rising Starr Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rising Starr Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rising Starr Middle School is approximately 14.8:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rising Starr Middle School?
Student demographics at Rising Starr Middle School are roughly 68% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Rising Starr Middle School?
Rising Starr Middle School is overseen by Fayette County in Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.