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Enrollment
782
Middle
DISTRICT 857 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174003643
The Champion Middle Theme School
5265 Mimosa Dr, Stone Mountain, GA 30083 · (678) 504-4302 · DeKalb County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Georgia public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
15.6:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
682 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 | 250 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 271 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 261 | 33% |
Student demographics
10%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
45.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.9pp since 2021
Math
42.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +20.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 20 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 42.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 35.9% |
| 2022-23 | 46.9% | 26.4% |
| 2021-22 | 41.4% | 22.7% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 The Champion Middle Theme School
The Champion Middle Theme School's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Champion Middle Theme School this school | 782 | 87.2% | 40.1% |
| Belair Middle School Augusta | 776 | 82.5% | N/A |
| Oglethorpe Charter School Savannah | 567 | 87.8% | 18.1% |
| Ballard Hudson Middle School Macon | 671 | 76.6% | 11.6% |
| McDonough Middle School McDonough | 876 | 78.8% | 17.1% |
| Merry Acres Middle School Albany | 807 | 100.0% | 18.7% |
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 The Champion Middle Theme School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #203 of 470 | #6 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #207 of 474 ▲ 32 | #6 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #131 of 474 ▼ 14 | #5 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #26 of 465 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #209 of 487 | #13 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #367 of 471 | #19 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #464 of 471 | #23 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #216 of 479 | #16 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #273 of 305 | #13 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
782
+18 (+2%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 604
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 782 | 50 | 15.6:1 | 87% (682) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 69% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 751 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 100% (751) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 68% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 800 | 44 | 18.2:1 | 64% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | 43 | 18.5:1 | 61% (487) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 61% (370) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Champion Middle Theme School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (800 to 782); teachers up 14% (44 to 50).
About The Champion Middle Theme School
The Champion Middle Theme School is a medium-sized middle-grades school found in Stone Mountain, Georgia. It enrolled 782 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
The Champion Middle Theme School is part of DeKalb County, where 131 schools serve 92,088 students.
About 95% of the student body at The Champion Middle Theme School is Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% Hispanic. In DeKalb County overall, about 51% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at The Champion Middle Theme School total 50 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. The school counts 682 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 87%. It compares with 77% for public schools in DeKalb County.
The allk12 Grade for The Champion Middle Theme School is A-. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, The Champion Middle Theme School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 40.1% actual against 32.3% predicted.
Within DeKalb County, the median household income is $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, DeKalb County has 154 public schools and roughly 102,960 students.
The shortest distance from The Champion Middle Theme School to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Stone Mountain Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, The Champion Middle Theme School is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (764) and 2024-25 (782).
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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
- Stone Mountain Elementary School0.6 mi · 453
- Stone Mill Elementary School1.2 mi · 601
- East DeKalb Special Education Center1.5 mi · 165
- DeKalb Alternative School1.5 mi · 171
- Stone Mountain High School1.7 mi · 1,254
- Rockbridge Elementary School1.8 mi · 900
Frequently asked questions
About The Champion Middle Theme SchoolHow many students attend The Champion Middle Theme School?
The Champion Middle Theme School enrolls approximately 782 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does The Champion Middle Theme School serve?
The Champion Middle Theme School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at The Champion Middle Theme School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at The Champion Middle Theme School is approximately 15.6:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at The Champion Middle Theme School?
At The Champion Middle Theme School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is The Champion Middle Theme School public or private?
The Champion Middle Theme School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.