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Enrollment
986
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174003337
Stone Mountain Middle School
4293 Sarr Pkwy, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 · (678) 676-4802 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL986 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Georgia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.9:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
986 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 | 307 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 349 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 330 | 33% |
Student demographics
50%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
Stone Mountain Middle School→Stone Mountain High School
Feeds from
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
19.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.8pp since 2021
Math
17.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.4pp 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 18 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 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 13.6% |
| 2022-23 | 19.6% | 12.4% |
| 2021-22 | 20.8% | 12.1% |
% 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
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 Stone Mountain Middle School
Stone Mountain Middle School's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Mountain Middle School this school | 986 | 100.0% | 18.2% |
| Tucker Middle School Tucker | 1,173 | 100.0% | 33.7% |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School Decatur | 655 | 100.0% | 15.1% |
| M. D. Roberts Middle School Jonesboro | 894 | 100.0% | 29.5% |
| Morrow Middle School Morrow | 794 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| Rex Mill Middle School Rex | 904 | 100.0% | 30.5% |
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 Stone Mountain Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #409 of 470 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #410 of 474 ▲ 8 | #17 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #413 of 474 ▼ 25 | #15 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #331 of 465 | #16 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 986 | #101 of 487 | #9 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #230 of 471 | #13 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #299 of 471 | #9 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #58 of 479 | #12 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.7% | #52 of 144 | #2 of 9 |
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
986
-106 (-10%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 1,063
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
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 | 986 | 71 | 13.9:1 | 100% (986) |
| 2023-24 | 1,011 | 63.4 | 15.9:1 | 100% (1,011) |
| 2022-23 | 1,072 | 62.5 | 17.1:1 | 100% (1,072) |
| 2020-21 | 1,092 | 73 | 15.0:1 | 99% (1,081) |
| 2017-18 | 860 | 62 | 13.9:1 | 87% (750) |
| 2015-16 | 953 | 62 | 15.4:1 | 92% (877) |
| 2010-11 | 1,063 | 64 | 16.6:1 | 89% (951) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stone Mountain Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (860 to 986); teachers up 15% (62 to 71).
About Stone Mountain Middle School
Stone Mountain Middle School sits in Stone Mountain, Georgia, and is classified as a middle school. Enrolled students number 986 students, in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 29% higher than the average for middle schools in Georgia, which is about 763.
DeKalb County has a total of 131 schools and 92,088 students, Stone Mountain Middle School among them.
Black students account for 68% of enrollment at Stone Mountain Middle School. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic and 11% Asian. That compares with about 51% Black among all DeKalb County residents. Stone Mountain Middle School has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 71 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.9:1. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average ratio is about 14.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 77% average for public schools in DeKalb County is 23 points lower.
Stone Mountain Middle School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of Georgia public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Stone Mountain Middle School is 7.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.2%. Predicted: 25.7%.
Stone Mountain Middle School is located in DeKalb County, where median household income is about $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Stone Mountain Middle School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County, which together enroll about 102,960 students.
Brockett Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Stone Mountain Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 34.5%, higher than Stone Mountain Middle School's 18.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 1,092 to 986. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Rockbridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 900 students
- Stephenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 788 students
Nearby schools
- Brockett Elementary School0.7 mi · 394
- Idlewood Elementary School0.7 mi · 889
- DeKalb Agriculture Technology and Environment School0.9 mi · 760
- Elizabeth Andrews High School1.0 mi · 167
- Dekalb Early College Academy1.0 mi · 314
- Tucker Middle School1.0 mi · 1,173
Frequently asked questions
About Stone Mountain Middle SchoolHow many students attend Stone Mountain Middle School?
Stone Mountain Middle School enrolls approximately 986 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Stone Mountain Middle School serve?
Stone Mountain Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Stone Mountain Middle School have?
Stone Mountain Middle School employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Stone Mountain Middle School?
Stone Mountain Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 18% Hispanic, 68% Black, 11% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Stone Mountain Middle School in?
Stone Mountain Middle School is part of DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.