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Enrollment
1,455
Middle
DISTRICT 1,220 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222003352
Riverwatch Middle School
610 James Burgess Rd, Suwanee, GA 30024 · (678) 455-7311 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
191 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 439 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 470 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 546 | 38% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Riverwatch Middle School→Lambert High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
83.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
90.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.8% | 90.6% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 87.9% |
| 2022-23 | 81.2% | 86.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 85.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Riverwatch Middle School
Riverwatch Middle School's state test result (86.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverwatch Middle School this school | 1,455 | 13.1% | 86.1% |
| River Trail Middle School Duluth | 1,098 | 14.5% | 81.8% |
| South Forsyth Middle School Cumming | 1,319 | 7.9% | 84.2% |
| Piney Grove Middle School Cumming | 1,024 | 12.9% | 85.2% |
| Webb Bridge Middle School Alpharetta | 1,228 | 7.9% | 83.0% |
| DeSana Middle School Alpharetta | 1,278 | 21.6% | 63.5% |
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 Riverwatch Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #3 of 470 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.6% | #4 of 474 ▲ 2 | #1 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.8% | #3 of 474 ▲ 2 | #1 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #221 of 465 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,455 | #25 of 487 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #467 of 471 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #237 of 471 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.1% | #470 of 479 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #100 of 144 | #4 of 8 |
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
1,455
-97 (-6%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 1,198
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,455 | 78.7 | 18.5:1 | 13% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 1,513 | 82 | 18.4:1 | 13% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 1,537 | 80.8 | 19.0:1 | 5% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 1,552 | 83 | 18.7:1 | 5% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 1,388 | 71.9 | 19.3:1 | 5% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 1,349 | 70 | 19.3:1 | 5% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 1,198 | 66 | 18.1:1 | 7% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riverwatch Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,388 to 1,455); teachers up 9% (71.9 to 78.7).
About Riverwatch Middle School
Riverwatch Middle School serves students in Suwanee, Georgia, as a large middle school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 1,455 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Georgia is about 763 students, so this school is 91% above average.
Forsyth County has a total of 42 schools and 54,864 students, Riverwatch Middle School among them.
A majority of students at Riverwatch Middle School, 62%, are Asian. The next largest groups are 22% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 42 points above the 20% share among Forsyth County residents. Riverwatch Middle School has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Riverwatch Middle School operates with 78.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.5:1. That ratio is over the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Riverwatch Middle School reports 13% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Forsyth County, the average eligibility rate is 21%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Riverwatch Middle School is +15.5 points, in the top 10% of Georgia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 86.1%, and the predicted rate is 70.5%.
Federal survey data for Forsyth County show that median household income is about $143,784, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Riverwatch Middle School is among the 42 public schools in Forsyth County.
The closest other public school is Settles Bridge Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Riverwatch Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,552 in 2020-21 and 1,455 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
Discussions about Riverwatch Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Suwanee
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Collins Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,485 students
- Level Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,051 students
- Roberts Elementary SchoolElementary · 946 students
Nearby schools
- Settles Bridge Elementary School0.2 mi · 741
- Daves Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 881
- Sharon Elementary School2.1 mi · 865
- Lambert High School2.1 mi · 3,249
- Riverside Elementary School2.2 mi · 919
- South Forsyth Middle School2.5 mi · 1,319
Frequently asked questions
About Riverwatch Middle SchoolHow many students attend Riverwatch Middle School?
Riverwatch Middle School enrolls approximately 1,455 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Riverwatch Middle School serve?
Riverwatch Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Riverwatch Middle School have?
Riverwatch Middle School employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Riverwatch Middle School?
Student demographics at Riverwatch Middle School are roughly 22% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 62% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Riverwatch Middle School in?
Riverwatch Middle School is part of Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.