Sandtown Middle School

Sandtown Middle School is a middle-grades school of reasonably sized scale in Atlanta, Georgia, operated by Fulton County, educateing 956 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% above the state mean of about 763.

Across the 107 schools in Fulton County (87,563 students total), Sandtown Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Sandtown Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (93%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Sandtown Middle School has 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sandtown Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.1%; this one delivers 34.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Sandtown Middle School is one.

Randolph Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sandtown Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sandtown Middle School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 31.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sandtown Middle School's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 861 (now 956).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.