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Enrollment
1,244
Middle
DISTRICT 922 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228002123
Taylor Road Middle School
5150 Taylor Rd, Alpharetta, GA 30022 · (470) 254-7090 · Fulton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,244 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% of Georgia public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
14.2:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
193 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 415 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 407 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 422 | 34% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Taylor Road Middle School→Chattahoochee High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
74.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.0pp since 2021
Math
81.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.7% | 81.1% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 80.2% |
| 2022-23 | 70.2% | 72.3% |
| 2021-22 | 70.8% | 72.6% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Taylor Road Middle School
Taylor Road Middle School's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Road Middle School this school | 1,244 | 15.5% | 75.3% |
| Autrey Mill Middle School Alpharetta | 1,256 | 14.9% | 72.8% |
| Hendricks Middle School Cumming | 1,376 | 15.3% | 62.1% |
| Vickery Creek Middle School Cumming | 1,058 | 14.0% | 71.1% |
| Lakeside Middle School Cumming | 1,513 | 14.7% | 69.3% |
| North Gwinnett Middle School Sugar Hill | 2,360 | 21.3% | 86.0% |
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 Taylor Road Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #17 of 470 | #3 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #17 of 474 ▼ 4 | #4 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #16 of 474 ▲ 1 | #5 of 35 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.3pp | #158 of 465 | #14 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,244 | #48 of 487 | #4 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #258 of 471 | #31 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #18 of 471 | #1 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.5% | #460 of 479 | #33 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #197 of 305 | #23 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
1,244
-30 (-2%) vs 2020
+158% since 1990-91, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 1,244 | 87.5 | 14.2:1 | 16% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 1,256 | 85.1 | 14.8:1 | 18% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 1,250 | 82 | 15.2:1 | 9% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 1,274 | 89 | 14.3:1 | 9% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 1,336 | 85.4 | 15.6:1 | 11% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 1,343 | 91 | 14.8:1 | 11% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 931 | 68 | 13.7:1 | 16% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 1,689 | 104 | 16.2:1 | 3% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 482 | 35 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor Road Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,336 to 1,244); teachers up 2% (85.4 to 87.5).
About Taylor Road Middle School
Taylor Road Middle School, located in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a large middle school. The school's 1,244 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 63% higher than the average for middle schools in Georgia, which is about 763.
District-wide, Fulton County has 107 schools and 87,563 students.
Enrollment at Taylor Road Middle School is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 36%. It is also 34% White, 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Fulton County is roughly 8% Asian. Taylor Road Middle School has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 87.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.2:1. Middle schools in Georgia average about 14.1:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 16% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 62% for public schools in Fulton County.
allk12 grades Taylor Road Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Taylor Road Middle School scores 75.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 69.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Fulton County, median household income is about $95,292, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Taylor Road Middle School is among the 205 public schools in Fulton County.
Of nearby public schools, Chattahoochee High School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 75.3% is below the 78.2% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,274 to 1,244.
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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
Quick facts
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- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
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- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Alpharetta
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Chattahoochee High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Innovation AcademyHigh · 1,511 students
- DeSana Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
Nearby schools
- Chattahoochee High School0.3 mi · 1,730
- Abbotts Hill Elementary School0.8 mi · 508
- Lake Windward Elementary School1.2 mi · 672
- Ocee Elementary School1.3 mi · 694
- Findley Oaks Elementary School1.4 mi · 585
- Webb Bridge Middle School1.6 mi · 1,228
Frequently asked questions
About Taylor Road Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Taylor Road Middle School?
Taylor Road Middle School enrolls approximately 1,244 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Taylor Road Middle School serve?
Taylor Road Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Taylor Road Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Taylor Road Middle School is approximately 14.2:1 (88 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Taylor Road Middle School?
At Taylor Road Middle School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 12% Hispanic, 14% Black, 36% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Taylor Road Middle School public or private?
Taylor Road Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.