World Language Academy Middle School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
About World Language Academy Middle School
World Language Academy Middle School, a tiny intermediate school in Gainesville, Georgia, part of Hall County, hosts 256 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 66% leaner than typical.
World Language Academy Middle School is one of 38 schools operated by Hall County, a district that serves 28,028 students overall.
On the student-mix side, World Language Academy Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). The remainder is composed of 14% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, World Language Academy Middle School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), World Language Academy Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 36.6%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hall County indicate median household income runs about $80,901, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hall County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students), World Language Academy Middle School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is South Hall Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around World Language Academy Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts World Language Academy Middle School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 21.1%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Hall County at a glance
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