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How has Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
478
Middle
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183002546
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet
324 Lockett Station Rd, Albany, GA 31721 · (229) 431-3362 · Dougherty County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
459 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 158 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 34% |
Student demographics
25%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
81.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.9pp since 2021
Math
82.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +17.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 81 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.4% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.3% | 75.9% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 76.4% |
| 2021-22 | 72.5% | 64.8% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+51.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% 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 51 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 →
Where Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #11 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #14 of 474 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #7 of 474 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.1pp | #19 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #388 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #176 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.8% | #416 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.0% | #174 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #63 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
-152 (-24%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 478 | 35.4 | 13.5:1 | 96% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 34.4 | 14.7:1 | 83% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 38.3 | 13.8:1 | 100% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 34.9 | 17.0:1 | 31% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 27 | 21.4:1 | 99% (574) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 30 | 20.1:1 | 59% (357) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet.
About Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet serves students in Albany, Georgia, as a small middle school. A federal count lists 478 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Georgia) has about 763 students.
Dougherty County has 22 schools; together they serve 13,241 students.
At Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet, Black students make up 86% of the student body. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Dougherty County, the Black share is about 71%. Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet has a diversity index of 25%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet is 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.5:1. Middle schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 14.1:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 96%. Across public schools in Dougherty County, the average is about the same, 98%.
BeatsExpectations places Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet in the top 10% of Georgia schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 51.5 points above it (79.2% actual, 27.7% predicted).
Census estimates describe Dougherty County this way: median household income is about $49,044, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Federal data list 22 public schools in Dougherty County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,241.
Live Oak Elementary School is located about 1.8 miles from Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet ranks 1st on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
The student count in 2024-25 was 478, 24% below the 630 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.5:1, from 16.6:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Live Oak Elementary School1.8 mi · 833
- Westover High School2.2 mi · 1,234
- West Town Elementary School2.8 mi · 309
- Lake Park Elementary School2.9 mi · 494
- Merry Acres Middle School3.7 mi · 807
- Alice Coachman Elementary School3.8 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Robert A. Cross Middle MagnetWhat is the total enrollment at Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet?
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet enrolls approximately 478 students in grades 06-08.
Is Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet an elementary, middle, or high school?
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet?
At Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet, the student body is approximately 3% White, 6% Hispanic, 86% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet?
Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet is overseen by Dougherty County in Dougherty County.
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