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Woodstock Middle School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Woodstock Middle School
Located at 2000 Towne Lake Hills South Dr, in Woodstock, Georgia, Woodstock Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school that hosts 1,075 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Cherokee County. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 763.
Across the 37 schools in Cherokee County (42,031 students total), Woodstock Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Woodstock Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.
In terms of school funding signals, Woodstock Middle School lists 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Woodstock Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at Woodstock Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Woodstock Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 49.8%.
In the broader community, census data for Cherokee County shows median household income runs about $108,115, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Cherokee County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,642 students), of which Woodstock Middle School is one.
The closest other public school is Woodstock High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Woodstock Middle School. On composite proficiency, Woodstock Middle School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 1,189 students in 2018 compared to 1,075 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 57% to 46% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Woodstock Middle School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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