Middle · Georgia

Salem Middle School

Free meals for all

Salem Middle School, a public middle school in Lithonia, Georgia: grades 6–8, 827 students, 12.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of DeKalb County.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 827
Teachers (FTE): 65.0
Students per teacher: 12.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 77% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 13.9 · 484 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 69% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 62% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 733 · 484 schools compared

Larger than 81% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Georgia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Georgia: 40%

13%proficient

−7.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 96% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 35% · 484 middle schools compared

856 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Georgia: 43%

10%proficient

A lower share proficient than 95% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 37% · 484 middle schools compared

859 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: DeKalb County

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with DeKalb County.

Location

Address: 5333 Salem Rd, Lithonia, GA 30038
Phone: (678)676-9402
City or town: Stonecrest
County: DeKalb County

Quality of life in Stonecrest Schools in Stonecrest

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Chapel Hill Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	614	13.6	21%	20%	2.5 mi
Miller Grove Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	625	13.3	17%	11%	3.3 mi
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	655	12.6	17%	11%	4.3 mi
Lithonia Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	1,062	14.8	15%	13%	4.4 mi
Redan Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	623	12.7	24%	16%	4.5 mi
Austin Road Middle School	6–8	550	15.5	34%	29%	4.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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