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Enrollment
507
Middle
DISTRICT 734 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402002187
South Paulding Middle School
592 Nebo Rd, Dallas, GA 30157 · (770) 445-8500 · Paulding County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- DBeats 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
13.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
298 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 | 178 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 163 | 32% |
Student demographics
59%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
33.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.0pp since 2021
Math
34.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.4% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 31.5% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 27.6% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 South Paulding Middle School
South Paulding Middle School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Paulding Middle School this school | 507 | 58.8% | 34.9% |
| Commerce Middle School Commerce | 579 | 60.8% | 53.2% |
| Evans Middle School Newnan | 736 | 58.6% | 37.3% |
| Smokey Road Middle School Newnan | 563 | 64.3% | 28.8% |
| Lakeside Middle School Evans | 498 | 58.8% | 44.0% |
| Lee County Middle School East Leesburg | 630 | 64.6% | 45.8% |
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 South Paulding Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #261 of 470 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #282 of 474 ▼ 5 | #7 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #257 of 474 ▼ 53 | #6 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #309 of 465 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #374 of 487 | #10 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #161 of 471 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #193 of 471 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #336 of 479 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #74 of 144 | 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
507
+35 (+7%) vs 2020
-42% since 2000-01, when it was 873
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 507 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 59% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 61% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 36.1 | 13.3:1 | 47% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 47% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 44% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 47% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 44% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 873 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 20% (175) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Paulding Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (462 to 507); teachers up 15% (33 to 38).
About South Paulding Middle School
South Paulding Middle School runs as a small middle school in Dallas, Georgia. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 507 students. Middle schools in Georgia have about 763 students on average; enrollment here is 34% lower.
South Paulding Middle School is one school in a 34-school district, Paulding County, which enrolls 31,426 students.
The share of White students at South Paulding Middle School is 58%, a majority. The school is also 23% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
South Paulding Middle School reported 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.3:1. Middle schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 14.1:1. Roughly 59% of students at South Paulding Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public middle schools, South Paulding Middle School outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 47.0% for a school in Georgia with South Paulding Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. South Paulding Middle School posts 34.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Paulding County show that the median household earns about $98,031 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Paulding County, 34 public schools serve about 31,426 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, New Georgia Elementary School, is about 1.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 7. On average proficiency, South Paulding Middle School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, South Paulding 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.
The school's student count increased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at South Paulding Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- New Georgia Elementary School1.6 mi · 336
- Nebo Elementary School2.2 mi · 874
- Irma C. Austin Middle School2.5 mi · 782
- Connie Dugan Elementary School3.0 mi · 647
- South Paulding High School3.1 mi · 1,881
- Allgood Elementary School4.0 mi · 811
Frequently asked questions
About South Paulding Middle SchoolHow many students attend South Paulding Middle School?
South Paulding Middle School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades 06-08.
Is South Paulding Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
South Paulding Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does South Paulding Middle School have?
South Paulding Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at South Paulding Middle School?
Student demographics at South Paulding Middle School are roughly 58% White, 13% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees South Paulding Middle School?
South Paulding Middle School is overseen by Paulding County in Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.