Valley Point Middle School

As a tight-knit middle-grades school in Dalton, Georgia, Valley Point Middle School educates 377 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by Whitfield County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Valley Point Middle School sits 51% below that benchmark.

Across the 22 schools in Whitfield County (11,942 students total), Valley Point Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Valley Point Middle School records that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 46% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Valley Point Middle School logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at Valley Point Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Whitfield County's rate of about 83%.

After controlling for student poverty, Valley Point Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.6%; this one delivers 36.5%.

Around the school, Whitfield County reports that median household income runs about $67,070, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Whitfield County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,570 students), of which Valley Point Middle School is one.

Valley Point Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Valley Point Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

Valley Point Middle School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Valley Point Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.