The top reported proficiency rate is 71% in English language arts. The lowest is 49% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on State Specialty Schools Ii- Resurgence Hall Middle Academy
State Specialty Schools II- Resurgence Hall Middle Academy is a single-school district in Fulton County operating one middle school, Resurgence Hall Middle Academy, serving grades 5 through 7. The district was created in fall 2022 when the school opened as a replication of Resurgence Hall Charter School, which serves K-4 in East Point. The Middle Academy operates with a statewide attendance zone, meaning students may apply from anywhere in Georgia rather than being limited to a geographic boundary, making it a tuition-free option for families across the state seeking a middle school seat.
The school's enrollment is small, distributed across grades 5 and 6 currently. The student population is predominantly Black. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch status data was not available, nor were special-education enrollment or English learner counts, so a full picture of economic disadvantage or special populations cannot be drawn from the available data.
On state assessments in English language arts, the school's overall proficiency sits in the middle range, with grade 6 performing stronger than grade 5. Mathematics proficiency is lower, with grades 5 and 6 each below the state midpoint and grade 7 performing substantially higher. Science proficiency is notably weaker across the tested grade, running well below the state middle. When averaged across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Fulton County's districts, a meaningful position given the county's size and diversity of school offerings.
The school carries forward an instructional model distinctive enough that families weigh it in school choice. It runs a computer science curriculum that begins in kindergarten (it was the first public school in Georgia to do so) and a two-teacher push-in literacy intervention model providing extended daily literacy instruction. This approach has yielded measurable recognition: both the primary academy and the middle academy earned Title I Distinguished School status in recent years, a designation reserved for the highest-performing Title I schools in Georgia. A parent may want to look into the middle school's science results further with the school, given the lower attainment there relative to other subjects.
Chronic absenteeism at the school is quite low, placing it in the top quartile among county districts, a sign of strong daily engagement and attendance patterns. No graduation rate data applies because the school serves only through grade 7.
For families with middle-grade students looking for a statewide charter option with an embedded computer science pathway and an intensive literacy support model backed by recent state recognition, this school presents a real alternative to traditional public or other charter offerings. The school is new and relatively small, so prospective families may want to ask about trajectory, program expansion, and how the school manages the two-teacher literacy model in practice.
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