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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Stephenson Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
788
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174001547
Stephenson Middle School
922 Stephenson Rd, Stone Mountain, GA 30087 · (678) 676-4402 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL788 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
788 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 244 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 275 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 269 | 34% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Stephenson Middle School→Stephenson High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
24.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
23.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 20.9% |
| 2022-23 | 29.4% | 16.1% |
| 2021-22 | 25.4% | 13.7% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 Stephenson Middle School
Stephenson Middle School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephenson Middle School this school | 788 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| North Clayton Middle School College Park | 817 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Newbern Middle School Valdosta | 725 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| McNair Middle School Decatur | 701 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
| Glenn Hills Middle School Augusta | 706 | 100.0% | 5.3% |
| Camp Creek Middle School Atlanta | 748 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
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 Stephenson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #333 of 470 | #10 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #367 of 474 ▼ 6 | #12 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #371 of 474 ▼ 66 | #12 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #236 of 465 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 788 | #207 of 487 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #127 of 471 | #6 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #396 of 471 | #13 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #50 of 479 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #93 of 305 | #8 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
788
-145 (-16%) vs 2020
-49% since 2000-01, when it was 1,551
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 788 | 61 | 12.9:1 | 100% (788) |
| 2023-24 | 840 | 56 | 15.0:1 | 81% (680) |
| 2022-23 | 812 | 55 | 14.8:1 | 100% (812) |
| 2020-21 | 933 | 63 | 14.8:1 | 68% (630) |
| 2017-18 | 943 | 63.5 | 14.8:1 | 81% (761) |
| 2015-16 | 1,016 | 61 | 16.7:1 | 86% (869) |
| 2010-11 | 1,158 | 78 | 14.8:1 | 76% (875) |
| 2000-01 | 1,551 | 89 | 17.4:1 | 37% (569) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stephenson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (943 to 788); teachers down 4% (63.5 to 61).
About Stephenson Middle School
Stephenson Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Stone Mountain, Georgia, one of the schools in DeKalb County. The school has 788 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Besides Stephenson Middle School, DeKalb County runs 130 other schools. The district enrolls 92,088 students.
At Stephenson Middle School, 83% of students are Black. The school is also 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 51% Black share among all DeKalb County residents. The diversity index for Stephenson Middle School is 29%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.9 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Georgia, 14.1:1, is higher. Stephenson Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County, the school's rate is higher.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Stephenson Middle School, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 27.4%.
In the surrounding county, DeKalb County, median household income comes to about $80,644, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 154, with about 102,960 students.
Measured in a straight line, Pine Ridge Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Stephenson Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Stephenson Middle School is ahead of the 24.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
Stephenson Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 788, down from 933 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 14.8:1 to 12.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Stephenson Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Stone Mountain
- Stephenson High SchoolHigh · 1,339 students
- Freedom Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,272 students
- Stone Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,254 students
- Redan High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Stone Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 986 students
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 900 students
Nearby schools
- Pine Ridge Elementary School0.3 mi · 551
- Stephenson High School0.5 mi · 1,339
- Princeton Elementary School0.9 mi · 751
- Wynbrooke Elementary School1.0 mi · 546
- Shadow Rock Elementary School1.8 mi · 493
- Rock Chapel Elementary School2.3 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Stephenson Middle SchoolHow large is Stephenson Middle School?
Stephenson Middle School enrolls approximately 788 students in grades 06-08.
Is Stephenson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stephenson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Stephenson Middle School have?
Stephenson Middle School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Stephenson Middle School?
Stephenson Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 10% Hispanic, 83% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Stephenson Middle School?
Stephenson Middle School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.