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Enrollment
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Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174000222
Salem Middle School
5333 Salem Rd, Lithonia, GA 30038 · (678) 676-9402 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL827 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Georgia public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
12.7:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
827 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 | 268 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 260 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 299 | 36% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Salem Middle School→Martin Luther King- Jr. High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
13.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.1pp since 2021
Math
10.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.3% | 10.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 9.6% |
| 2022-23 | 19.4% | 7.9% |
| 2021-22 | 14.4% | 9.5% |
% 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
12.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 Salem Middle School
Salem Middle School's state test result (12.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Middle School this school | 827 | 100.0% | 12.0% |
| Albany Middle School Albany | 792 | 100.0% | 18.4% |
| Merry Acres Middle School Albany | 807 | 100.0% | 18.7% |
| Radium Springs Middle School Albany | 747 | 100.0% | 7.0% |
| McNair Middle School College Park | 727 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Woodland Middle School East Point | 937 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
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 Salem Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #447 of 470 | #23 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #453 of 474 ▼ 8 | #23 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #456 of 474 ▼ 42 | #23 of 23 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #64 of 465 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 827 | #185 of 487 | #11 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #100 of 471 | #4 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #454 of 471 | #21 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #48 of 479 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #83 of 305 | #7 of 13 |
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
827
-205 (-20%) vs 2020
-54% since 2000-01, when it was 1,785
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 827 | 65 | 12.7:1 | 100% (827) |
| 2023-24 | 927 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 100% (927) |
| 2022-23 | 988 | 58.6 | 16.9:1 | 100% (988) |
| 2020-21 | 1,032 | 68 | 15.2:1 | 99% (1,024) |
| 2017-18 | 1,007 | 66 | 15.3:1 | 86% (861) |
| 2015-16 | 1,057 | 67 | 15.8:1 | 84% (883) |
| 2010-11 | 1,148 | 69 | 16.6:1 | 76% (877) |
| 2000-01 | 1,785 | 94 | 19.0:1 | 58% (1,043) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Salem Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (1,007 to 827); teachers down 2% (66 to 65).
About Salem Middle School
Salem Middle School is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Lithonia, Georgia. It enrolls 827 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.
DeKalb County is made up of 131 schools with 92,088 students in all.
Salem Middle School is 92% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% Hispanic. In DeKalb County overall, about 51% of residents are Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Salem Middle School scores 16%.
The school has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher. Middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Salem Middle School, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in DeKalb County average 77%.
Salem Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of Georgia public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Salem Middle School is -13.7 points: 12.0% actual, 25.7% predicted.
In DeKalb County, median household income comes to about $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 154, with about 102,960 students.
Browns Mill Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Salem Middle School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Salem Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 205 students, from 1,032 to 827. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.2:1).
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Lithonia
- Lithonia High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolHigh · 1,370 students
- Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicHigh · 1,224 students
- Miller Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Lithonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Flat Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 977 students
Other Salem Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Salem Middle. Salem Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Salem MiddleVirginia Beach, VA · 1,072 students
- Salem MiddleApex, NC · 1,057 students
- Salem Middle SchoolSALEM, NJ · 472 students
- Salem Middle SchoolSalem, IN · 352 students
- SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOLSALEM, MO · 254 students
Nearby schools
- Browns Mill Elementary School1.0 mi · 411
- Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School1.1 mi · 599
- Fairington Elementary School1.4 mi · 461
- Flat Rock Elementary School1.4 mi · 977
- Martin Luther King- Jr. High School1.9 mi · 1,370
- Chapel Hill Middle School2.5 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About Salem Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Salem Middle School?
Salem Middle School enrolls approximately 827 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Salem Middle School serve?
Salem Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Salem Middle School have?
Salem Middle School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Salem Middle School?
At Salem Middle School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 5% Hispanic, 92% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Salem Middle School in?
Salem Middle School is part of DeKalb County.
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