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Enrollment
765
Middle
DISTRICT 723 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123003317
Sequoyah Middle School
95 Valley Hill Rd SW, Riverdale, GA 30274 · (770) 515-7524 · Clayton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
765 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 255 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 271 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
18.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
17.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.8% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.6% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 18.7% | 7.1% |
| 2021-22 | 19.1% | 8.1% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Sequoyah Middle School
Sequoyah Middle School's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sequoyah Middle School this school | 765 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
| Jonesboro Middle School Jonesboro | 895 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
| Kendrick Middle School Jonesboro | 619 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| Rex Mill Middle School Rex | 904 | 100.0% | 30.5% |
| Sandy Springs Middle School Atlanta | 763 | 100.0% | 37.4% |
| Paul D. West Middle School East Point | 814 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
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 Sequoyah Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #408 of 470 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #415 of 474 ▲ 16 | #9 of 15 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #418 of 474 ▲ 14 | #12 of 15 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #228 of 465 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #220 of 487 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #342 of 471 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #277 of 471 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #35 of 479 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #117 of 305 | #9 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
765
-122 (-14%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 765 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 100% (765) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 48 | 16.6:1 | 100% (796) |
| 2022-23 | 842 | 46 | 18.3:1 | 90% (762) |
| 2020-21 | 887 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 93% (825) |
| 2017-18 | 887 | 55 | 16.1:1 | 99% (882) |
| 2015-16 | 922 | 51 | 18.1:1 | 99% (917) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 95% (761) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sequoyah Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (887 to 765); teachers down 9% (55 to 50).
About Sequoyah Middle School
Sequoyah Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Riverdale, Georgia, under Clayton County. It had 765 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
The district for Sequoyah Middle School is Clayton County, with 68 schools and 51,326 students.
Black students are 62% of those enrolled at Sequoyah Middle School. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Sequoyah Middle School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.3 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 14.1:1. Sequoyah Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Sequoyah Middle School is 25.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.3%.
The school is in Clayton County, where median household income comes to about $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Clayton County counts 73 public schools with about 63,156 students.
Harper Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Sequoyah Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 18.9%, higher than Sequoyah Middle School's 18.3%.
Sequoyah Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 14% over 4 years, reaching 765 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Riverdale
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Riverdale High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
- Dubois Integrity AcademyElementary · 1,341 students
- Church Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Harper Elementary SchoolElementary · 690 students
- Riverdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 560 students
Other Sequoyah Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sequoyah Middle. Sequoyah Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolAtlanta, GA · 1,713 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolEdmond, OK · 1,053 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 642 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolAuburn, WA · 570 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolClaremore, OK · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Harper Elementary School0.2 mi · 690
- Riverdale High School1.0 mi · 1,359
- Riverdale Middle School1.2 mi · 560
- Riverdale Elementary School1.5 mi · 559
- Charles R. Drew High School1.6 mi · 1,708
- Tara Elementary School1.6 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Sequoyah Middle SchoolHow large is Sequoyah Middle School?
Sequoyah Middle School enrolls approximately 765 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sequoyah Middle School serve?
Sequoyah Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Sequoyah Middle School have?
Sequoyah Middle School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Sequoyah Middle School?
Student demographics at Sequoyah Middle School are roughly 1% White, 30% Hispanic, 62% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sequoyah Middle School?
Sequoyah Middle School is overseen by Clayton County in Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.