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Enrollment
874
Middle
DISTRICT 919 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 130213002117
Whitewater Middle School
1533 Highway 85 S, Fayetteville, GA 30215 · (770) 460-3450 · Fayette County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL874 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Georgia public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- AThree-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
13.6:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
209 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 294 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 272 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 308 | 35% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
66.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
78.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +20.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.3% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 71.9% |
| 2022-23 | 63.8% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.2% | 57.9% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Whitewater Middle School
Whitewater Middle School's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Middle School this school | 874 | 23.9% | 61.7% |
| Lost Mountain Middle School Kennesaw | 979 | 22.0% | 69.7% |
| David T Howard Middle School Atlanta | 1,073 | 23.5% | 66.5% |
| Durham Middle School Acworth | 984 | 21.6% | 61.7% |
| Crossroads Middle School Acworth | 908 | 31.2% | N/A |
| Riverside Middle School Evans | 711 | 22.1% | 60.7% |
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 Whitewater Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #55 of 470 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #25 of 474 ▲ 8 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #36 of 474 ▼ 7 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #45 of 465 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 874 | #160 of 487 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #183 of 471 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #115 of 471 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.9% | #444 of 479 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #296 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
874
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 874 | 64.5 | 13.6:1 | 24% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 849 | 65 | 13.1:1 | 28% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 864 | 66.5 | 13.0:1 | 20% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 886 | 66 | 13.4:1 | 19% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 66 | 13.4:1 | 20% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 915 | 62 | 14.8:1 | 20% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 60 | 13.8:1 | 16% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 903 | 61 | 14.8:1 | 5% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 821 | 52 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitewater Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (885 to 874); teachers down 2% (66 to 64.5).
About Whitewater Middle School
Whitewater Middle School is a middle school located in Fayetteville, Georgia, in Fayette County. In all, 874 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
Whitewater Middle School belongs to Fayette County, a district of 24 schools and 19,800 students.
More than half of the students at Whitewater Middle School are White (53%). The remaining shares are 23% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is in line with Fayette County, where about 57% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whitewater Middle School scores 64%.
Teacher count: 64.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.6:1. That is in line with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 24%. Among public schools in Fayette County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
On the allk12 Grade, Whitewater Middle School lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Georgia public middle schools.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Whitewater Middle School's results are 3.3 points below predicted: 61.7% against 65.0%.
For the population of Fayette County, median household income comes to about $111,978, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Fayette County's 26 public schools enroll about 20,375 students and include Whitewater Middle School.
About 0.5 miles separate Whitewater Middle School from the closest public school, Sara Harp Minter Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Whitewater Middle School is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Whitewater Middle School enrolled 886; in 2024-25, 874.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Whitewater Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
122,244
Census ACS
Median income
$111,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
20,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- McIntosh High SchoolHigh · 1,762 students
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Sandy Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- J.C. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
Other schools in Fayetteville
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Rising Starr Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Bennett's Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Sara Harp Minter Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
Other Whitewater Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Whitewater Middle. Whitewater Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Whitewater MiddleCharlotte, NC · 731 students
- Whitewater MiddleWhitewater, WI · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Sara Harp Minter Elementary School0.5 mi · 689
- Whitewater High School0.7 mi · 1,303
- Inman Elementary3.3 mi · 659
- Spring Hill Elementary School3.7 mi · 661
- Braelinn Elementary School3.7 mi · 538
- Starrs Mill High School4.0 mi · 1,357
Frequently asked questions
About Whitewater Middle SchoolHow large is Whitewater Middle School?
Whitewater Middle School enrolls approximately 874 students in grades 06-08.
Is Whitewater Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Whitewater Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Whitewater Middle School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Whitewater Middle School.
How diverse is Whitewater Middle School?
Whitewater Middle School reports a student body of 53% White, 11% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitewater Middle School?
Whitewater Middle School is overseen by Fayette County in Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.