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Which teacher or staff member at Vickery Creek Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,058
Middle
DISTRICT 1,220 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222002261
Vickery Creek Middle School
6240 Post Rd, Cumming, GA 30040 · (770) 667-2580 · Forsyth County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,058 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% 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.
- BBeats 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
18.2:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
148 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 358 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 372 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 328 | 31% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Vickery Creek Middle School→West Forsyth High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
68.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.5pp since 2021
Math
74.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.6% | 74.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 72.3% |
| 2022-23 | 67.3% | 71.4% |
| 2021-22 | 65.1% | 69.9% |
% 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
71.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Vickery Creek Middle School
Vickery Creek Middle School's state test result (71.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vickery Creek Middle School this school | 1,058 | 14.0% | 71.1% |
| Hendricks Middle School Cumming | 1,376 | 15.3% | 62.1% |
| Autrey Mill Middle School Alpharetta | 1,256 | 14.9% | 72.8% |
| Dodgen Middle School Marietta | 1,178 | 10.1% | 76.4% |
| Taylor Road Middle School Alpharetta | 1,244 | 15.5% | 75.3% |
| Dickerson Middle School Marietta | 1,225 | 8.8% | 82.9% |
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 Vickery Creek Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #24 of 470 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #35 of 474 ▼ 4 | #6 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #30 of 474 ▲ 14 | #4 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #244 of 465 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,058 | #80 of 487 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #463 of 471 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #130 of 471 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.0% | #469 of 479 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #105 of 305 | N/A |
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
1,058
-171 (-14%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 1,039
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 1,058 | 58 | 18.2:1 | 14% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 1,078 | 57.1 | 18.9:1 | 15% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 1,022 | 58.2 | 17.6:1 | 9% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 1,229 | 65 | 18.9:1 | 6% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 1,246 | 68.4 | 18.2:1 | 6% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 1,297 | 69 | 18.8:1 | 6% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 1,162 | 64 | 18.2:1 | 10% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 1,039 | 66 | 15.7:1 | 12% (125) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vickery Creek Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,246 to 1,058); teachers down 15% (68.4 to 58).
About Vickery Creek Middle School
This page covers Vickery Creek Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school in Cumming, Georgia. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,058 students. That is 39% larger than the average of about 763 students for middle schools in Georgia.
The 42 schools in Forsyth County enroll 54,864 students altogether, Vickery Creek Middle School among them.
About 50% of the student body at Vickery Creek Middle School is White. Other students are 32% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Forsyth County residents are about 64% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
Vickery Creek Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1, with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Georgia average 14.1:1. The school has 14% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public middle schools, Vickery Creek Middle School outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Vickery Creek Middle School, the prediction is 70.1% and the result is 71.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Forsyth County show that median household income comes to about $143,784, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The county's public schools total 42, with about 54,864 students.
Vickery Creek Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Vickery Creek Elementary School, its nearest public school. Vickery Creek Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 66.6% on proficiency, and Vickery Creek Middle School is above that at 71.1%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school's enrollment decreased 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Vickery Creek Middle School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Cumming
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
- Sawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,591 students
- Lakeside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,513 students
Nearby schools
- Vickery Creek Elementary School0.2 mi · 982
- Midway Elementary School1.9 mi · 1,022
- Denmark High School2.2 mi · 2,527
- West Forsyth High School2.2 mi · 2,503
- New Hope Elementary School2.4 mi · 1,175
- Hendricks Middle School3.1 mi · 1,376
Frequently asked questions
About Vickery Creek Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vickery Creek Middle School?
Vickery Creek Middle School enrolls approximately 1,058 students in grades 06-08.
Is Vickery Creek Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vickery Creek Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Vickery Creek Middle School have?
Vickery Creek Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Vickery Creek Middle School?
Student demographics at Vickery Creek Middle School are roughly 50% White, 10% Hispanic, 4% Black, 32% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Vickery Creek Middle School public or private?
Vickery Creek Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.