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Enrollment
956
Middle
DISTRICT 922 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228003368
Sandtown Middle School
5400 Campbellton Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 · (470) 254-6500 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL956 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Georgia public middle schools
- C+Test 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.
- A-Three-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
15.1:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
597 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 300 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 330 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 326 | 34% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Sandtown Middle School→Westlake High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
43.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.3pp since 2021
Math
31.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 25.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.7% | 24.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Sandtown Middle School
Sandtown Middle School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandtown Middle School this school | 956 | 62.4% | 34.3% |
| Weaver Middle School Macon | 894 | 68.3% | 12.9% |
| Luella Middle School Locust Grove | 849 | 66.8% | 19.0% |
| Miller Magnet Middle School Macon | 614 | 59.6% | 31.4% |
| Appling Middle School Macon | 677 | 73.6% | 10.8% |
| Howard Middle School Macon | 973 | 60.6% | 22.7% |
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 Sandtown Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #269 of 470 | #17 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #298 of 474 ▼ 47 | #17 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #154 of 474 ▲ 22 | #15 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #112 of 465 | #10 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 956 | #115 of 487 | #11 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #321 of 471 | #35 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #461 of 471 | #29 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #316 of 479 | #24 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #67 of 144 | #6 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
956
-51 (-5%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 1,110
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 956 | 63.5 | 15.1:1 | 62% (597) |
| 2023-24 | 1,004 | 64.3 | 15.6:1 | 64% (638) |
| 2022-23 | 1,057 | 63.2 | 16.7:1 | 57% (600) |
| 2020-21 | 1,007 | 67 | 15.0:1 | 56% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 861 | 60.2 | 14.3:1 | 59% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 936 | 67 | 14.0:1 | 65% (609) |
| 2010-11 | 1,110 | 79 | 14.1:1 | 60% (666) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandtown Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (861 to 956); teachers up 5% (60.2 to 63.5).
About Sandtown Middle School
This page covers Sandtown Middle School, a mid-sized middle school in Atlanta, Georgia. It reported 956 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students, which makes this school 25% above average.
Fulton County operates 107 schools. Combined enrollment is 87,563 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Sandtown Middle School are Black. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 43% of Fulton County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
With 63.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.1:1. Statewide, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. Roughly 62% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Fulton County is close, at 62%.
Sandtown Middle School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 33% of Georgia public middle schools.
Sandtown Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.3%, compared with a predicted 45.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Fulton County, home to about 1,076,561 people, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 138,270, Sandtown Middle School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Randolph Elementary School is closest at about 0.3 miles. Sandtown Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sandtown Middle School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Sandtown Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 5% decline took enrollment from 1,007 in 2020-21 to 956 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Sandtown Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Atlanta
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)Combined · 9,952 students
- North Atlanta High SchoolHigh · 2,368 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Riverwood International Charter SchoolHigh · 1,737 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
Nearby schools
- Randolph Elementary School0.3 mi · 497
- Westlake High School1.1 mi · 2,056
- Ralph Bunche Middle School1.8 mi · 651
- R. N. Fickett Elementary School2.5 mi · 432
- Stonewall Tell Elementary School3.0 mi · 579
- Deerwood Academy3.4 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Sandtown Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sandtown Middle School?
Sandtown Middle School enrolls approximately 956 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sandtown Middle School serve?
Sandtown Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Sandtown Middle School have?
Sandtown Middle School employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sandtown Middle School?
At Sandtown Middle School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 3% Hispanic, 93% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sandtown Middle School public or private?
Sandtown Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.