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What's something Turner Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
742
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY·NCES 130186000856
Turner Middle School
7101 Turner Dr, Lithia Springs, GA 30122 · (770) 651-5500 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- DThree-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
16.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
632 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 226 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 279 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 237 | 32% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
25.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.9pp since 2021
Math
18.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.9% | 18.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 13.7% |
| 2022-23 | 32.1% | 15.9% |
| 2021-22 | 30.9% | 16.7% |
% 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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Turner Middle School
Turner Middle School's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Middle School this school | 742 | 85.2% | 22.9% |
| Jordan Middle School Lawrenceville | 757 | 83.5% | 38.0% |
| Moore Middle School Lawrenceville | 971 | 81.2% | 27.3% |
| Mercer Middle School Garden City | 512 | 84.6% | 12.2% |
| Betty Gray Middle School Mableton | 702 | 99.0% | 33.3% |
| Edwards Middle School Conyers | 934 | 89.0% | 31.6% |
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 Turner Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #372 of 470 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #403 of 474 ▲ 14 | #7 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #357 of 474 ▼ 7 | #7 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #40 of 465 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #236 of 487 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #394 of 471 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #176 of 471 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #226 of 479 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #189 of 305 | #2 of 6 |
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
742
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 742 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 85% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 745 | 49.1 | 15.2:1 | 87% (651) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 50.1 | 14.8:1 | 81% (601) |
| 2020-21 | 778 | 48 | 16.2:1 | 72% (562) |
| 2017-18 | 800 | 44.8 | 17.9:1 | 78% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 78% (608) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 81% (514) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 39 | 18.3:1 | 37% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 33 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turner Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (800 to 742); teachers up 3% (44.8 to 46).
About Turner Middle School
In Lithia Springs, Georgia, part of Douglas County, Turner Middle School is a middle-grades school. There are 742 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8.
Douglas County counts 35 schools and 25,521 students, including Turner Middle School.
The student body at Turner Middle School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 47%. The remaining shares are 42% Black, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. Douglas County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 16.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Turner Middle School, which has 46. Middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Turner Middle School is about 85%. That rate is above the 71% average among public schools in Douglas County.
On the allk12 Grade, Turner Middle School lands at D, ahead of 10% of Georgia public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Turner Middle School is 33.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.9%.
For Douglas County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $82,984, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 37 public schools and about 26,121 students.
Measured in a straight line, Lithia Springs Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Turner Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Turner Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Turner Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 742, compared with 778 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Turner Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
147,888
Census ACS
Median income
$82,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
26,121 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other schools in Lithia Springs
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Factory Shoals Elementary SchoolElementary · 697 students
- Lithia Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 500 students
- Sweetwater Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
- D.E.L.T.A. STEAM AcademyElementary · 391 students
- Annette Winn Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
Other Turner Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Turner Middle. Turner Middle School is the largest of the 4.
- Turner Middle SchoolKansas City, KS · 585 students
- Turner Middle SchoolBERTHOUD, CO · 448 students
- Turner MiddleBeloit, WI · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Lithia Springs Elementary School0.3 mi · 500
- Annette Winn Elementary School1.0 mi · 341
- D.E.L.T.A. STEAM Academy1.3 mi · 391
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High School1.8 mi · 1,460
- Sweetwater Elementary School2.0 mi · 473
- Beulah Elementary School2.6 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Turner Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Turner Middle School?
Turner Middle School enrolls approximately 742 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Turner Middle School serve?
Turner Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Turner Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Turner Middle School is approximately 16.1:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Turner Middle School?
At Turner Middle School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 47% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Turner Middle School public or private?
Turner Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.