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What's the most underrated thing about Sylvan Hills Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
452
Middle
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130012000058
Sylvan Hills Middle School
1461 Sylvan Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 · (404) 802-6203 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% 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.
- BThree-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
13.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
452 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 | 158 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 138 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 35% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Atlanta Public Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.4pp since 2021
Math
23.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.5% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 16.6% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 16.8% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.1% | 15.3% |
% 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 Sylvan Hills Middle School
Sylvan Hills Middle School's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvan Hills Middle School this school | 452 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
| W.S. Hornsby Middle School Augusta | 391 | 100.0% | 7.2% |
| East Columbus Magnet Academy Columbus | 395 | 97.5% | 15.9% |
| Rothschild Leadership Academy School Columbus | 498 | 100.0% | 8.0% |
| Herman J. Russell West End Academy Atlanta | 342 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| Columbia Middle School Decatur | 571 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
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 Sylvan Hills Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #391 of 470 | #27 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #363 of 474 ▲ 32 | #25 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #432 of 474 ▲ 18 | #28 of 35 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #187 of 465 | #16 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #401 of 487 | #27 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #134 of 471 | #21 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.5% | #466 of 471 | #32 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #4 of 479 | #2 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #38 of 305 | #4 of 26 |
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
452
-94 (-17%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 876
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 452 | 34.7 | 13.0:1 | 100% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 35.4 | 12.2:1 | 100% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 41.4 | 10.8:1 | 100% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 100% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 44.3 | 13.2:1 | 100% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 99% (567) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 96% (404) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 50 | 14.8:1 | 91% (669) |
| 1990-91 | 876 | 50 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sylvan Hills Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (585 to 452); teachers down 22% (44.3 to 34.7).
About Sylvan Hills Middle School
This page covers Sylvan Hills Middle School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Atlanta, Georgia. Federal data show 452 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 763 students for middle schools in Georgia.
Atlanta Public Schools runs Sylvan Hills Middle School along with 86 other schools, enrolling 49,945 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Sylvan Hills Middle School is 97% Black. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 43% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
The school had 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. The school's 13.0:1 compares with an average of 14.1:1 for middle schools in Georgia. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 100%. That rate is above the 62% average among public schools in Fulton County.
Sylvan Hills Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of Georgia public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sylvan Hills Middle School is 4.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 20.8% actual, 25.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
In the surrounding county, Fulton County, the median household earns about $95,292 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Fulton County has 205 public schools with about 138,270 students, including Sylvan Hills Middle School.
Finch Elementary, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Sylvan Hills Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Sylvan Hills Middle School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Sylvan Hills Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Other Sylvan Hills Middle schools
One other US public school is named Sylvan Hills Middle. Sylvan Hills Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLSHERWOOD, AR · 772 students
Nearby schools
- Finch Elementary0.5 mi · 291
- T. J. Perkerson Elementary School1.2 mi · 338
- Herman J. Russell West End Academy1.3 mi · 342
- Charles L. Gideons Elementary School1.3 mi · 311
- Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School1.6 mi · 496
- Ethos Classical Charter School1.6 mi · 676
Frequently asked questions
About Sylvan Hills Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sylvan Hills Middle School?
Sylvan Hills Middle School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sylvan Hills Middle School serve?
Sylvan Hills Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sylvan Hills Middle School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Sylvan Hills Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sylvan Hills Middle School?
At Sylvan Hills Middle School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Sylvan Hills Middle School?
Sylvan Hills Middle School is overseen by Atlanta Public Schools in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.