Middle · Georgia

Valley Point Middle School

Free meals for all

Valley Point Middle School, a public middle school in Dalton, Georgia: grades 6–8, 377 students, 11.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Whitfield 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: 377
Teachers (FTE): 32.0
Students per teacher: 11.8
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 13.9 · 484 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 78% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 87% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 733 · 484 schools compared

Smaller than 67% 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%

31%proficient

−4.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 60% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 35% · 484 middle schools compared

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

Math

Georgia: 43%

43%proficient

A higher share proficient than 59% of middle schools in Georgia

Median 37% · 484 middle schools compared

362 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: Small suburb
Run by: Whitfield County

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

Location

Address: 3796 S Dixie Rd, Dalton, GA 30721
Phone: (706)277-9662
County: Whitfield County

Website Quality of life in Whitfield County Schools in Whitfield County

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
Eastbrook Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	624	13.2	26%	27%	5.5 mi
Westside Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	428	14.1	47%	54%	8.1 mi
Dalton Jr. High SchoolFree meals for all	8	517	9.9	35%	54%	8.1 mi
Hammond Creek Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	1,057	12.1	41%	45%	8.7 mi
Ashworth Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	578	13.9	38%	34%	11.7 mi
Calhoun Middle SchoolFree meals for all	7–8	573	15.8	40%	48%	12.7 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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