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Enrollment
834
Middle
DISTRICT 734 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402003693
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School
315 Bob Grogan Dr, Dallas, GA 30132 · (770) 505-3700 · Paulding County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL834 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Georgia public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
16.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
207 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 266 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 288 | 35% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
54.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.5pp since 2021
Math
69.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 69.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 66.4% |
| 2022-23 | 57.0% | 60.6% |
| 2021-22 | 57.8% | 61.1% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School this school | 834 | 24.8% | 60.4% |
| Blake Bass Middle School Sharpsburg | 887 | 30.3% | 60.1% |
| Crabapple Middle School Roswell | 881 | 19.5% | 65.2% |
| Freedom Middle School Canton | 929 | 29.7% | 56.8% |
| Riverside Middle School Evans | 711 | 22.1% | 60.7% |
| Jefferson Middle School Jefferson | 1,009 | 30.0% | 69.6% |
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 Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #59 of 470 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #45 of 474 ▲ 4 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #70 of 474 ▼ 6 | #1 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #306 of 465 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 834 | #179 of 487 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #423 of 471 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #324 of 471 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.8% | #441 of 479 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.7% | #7 of 305 | 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
834
-638 (-43%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 1,053
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 834 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 25% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 1,499 | 83 | 18.1:1 | 27% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 1,536 | 83 | 18.5:1 | 17% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 1,472 | 72 | 20.4:1 | 18% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 1,317 | 69 | 19.1:1 | 16% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 1,185 | 65 | 18.2:1 | 15% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 1,053 | 60 | 17.6:1 | 16% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (1,317 to 834); teachers down 28% (69 to 50).
About Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School is a middle school in Dallas, Georgia, and it is part of Paulding County. It educates 834 students in grades 6 through 8.
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School is one school in Paulding County, a system of 34 schools with 31,426 students.
White students account for 72% of enrollment at Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School. Other students are 12% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 63% White share among all Paulding County residents. Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.7:1. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 25%. The rate at public schools in Paulding County averages 51%, higher than here.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School, the prediction is 64.5% and the result is 60.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Paulding County, median household income is about $98,031, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School is among the 34 public schools in Paulding County.
Nearest public school: Burnt Hickory Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.9%; Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School's is 60.4%, ranking 1st of 8.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 1,472 students at Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School; in 2024-25, 834. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 16.7:1, from 20.4:1.
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Paulding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,909
Census ACS
Median income
$98,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
31,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paulding County
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
Other schools in Dallas
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
- WC Abney ElementaryElementary · 1,324 students
- Burnt Hickory Elementary SchoolElementary · 996 students
Nearby schools
- Burnt Hickory Elementary School0.2 mi · 996
- North Paulding High School0.3 mi · 3,015
- Cartersville Primary School2.9 mi · 1,507
- Crossroads Middle School3.6 mi · 908
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at Crossroad3.7 mi · 1,389
- Woodland High School3.7 mi · 1,456
Frequently asked questions
About Sammy McClure Sr. Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School?
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School enrolls approximately 834 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School serve?
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School is approximately 16.7:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School?
Student demographics at Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School are roughly 72% White, 9% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School in?
Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School is part of Paulding County.
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