Camp Creek Middle School, Atlanta GA

Original Research by School Decision on Camp Creek Middle School

Camp Creek Middle School serves grades six through eight in southwest Atlanta in the Welcome All Road area. The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly Black, with a substantial Hispanic population and very small shares of other groups. All students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning the school serves a low-income community.

The school's state assessment results, reported for the 2024-25 school year, show proficiency levels that are substantially below the midpoint for middle schools in Fulton County. In math across grades six through eight, proficiency ranges from the high teens to the low thirties. Reading proficiency sits in the upper twenties to low thirties. Eighth grade science proficiency is in the mid-teens, and eighth grade social studies proficiency is in the low twenties. These numbers reflect significant academic challenges. The assessment data provided covers only one year, so it does not show whether the school is improving, holding steady, or declining.

The school sits in Atlanta's southwest quadrant, an area where housing values are modest and have declined slightly over the past year. Rental costs are moderate and remain close to what they were a year ago. The neighborhood reflects the broader economic conditions of the surrounding community.

Fulton County Schools, the district serving Camp Creek, recently completed a major districtwide literacy initiative called "Every Child Reads," funded by federal pandemic relief. This program unified reading instruction across all elementary schools in the district around science-based practices and deployed literacy coaches to every K-5 building. The initiative has been linked to measurable gains on state assessments. Because Camp Creek is a middle school, students arriving from the district's elementary schools would have benefited from this coordinated approach. However, middle school reading and language arts results here remain modest, suggesting that the foundation laid in elementary may not be translating fully into proficiency at the secondary level, or that middle school students face additional academic challenges.

The district has also undergone school closures and consolidations in response to declining elementary enrollment. While Camp Creek itself remains open, these moves signal ongoing enrollment pressure and resource allocation decisions across Fulton County.

A parent considering Camp Creek should understand that this is a school with a predominantly low-income, predominantly Black student body facing below-midpoint proficiency across all tested subjects. The school is part of a district that has invested substantially in reading instruction, but the results suggest that meaningful support for math, science, and overall proficiency gain is an area where a parent may want to look into further with the school directly. School leadership can speak to the academic supports available, any targeted interventions for students behind grade level, and plans for improvement.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 620%

School 20% · District 47% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 52% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 55% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 631%

School 31% · District 54% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 56% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 53% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 816%

School 16% · District 39% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 49% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · even with county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.