The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in Science. The lowest is 11% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Cuba Middle School
Cuba Middle School serves students in grades six through eight in a small rural community in central Fulton County. The school has an enrollment of roughly eighty students spread across those three grade levels, with the largest cohort in seventh grade. The student body is predominantly white, with very few students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch counts and special-population data were not available, so a parent may want to contact the school directly about the composition of needs it serves.
The school's recent state test results show low proficiency across subjects. In mathematics, sixth graders scored at roughly eight percent proficiency, seventh graders at roughly eleven percent, and eighth graders at roughly fifteen percent. English language arts results were better but still modest: sixth grade at roughly thirty-six percent proficiency, seventh grade at roughly twenty-two percent, and eighth grade at roughly forty-seven percent. Science results for eighth grade came in at roughly forty-four percent proficiency. State testing data for elementary grades was not reported, as Cuba Middle School does not serve those grades. A parent may want to look into this further with the school and the district, particularly to understand what academic support or intervention services are in place and what the school's own assessment of student growth and readiness looks like across these areas.
In context within Fulton County's other districts, Cuba Middle School sits in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. The school is part of Cuba Community Unit School District 3, a small district serving the town of Cuba and surrounding areas. Recent district-level changes or initiatives of clear parent relevance were not documented, though the district participates in a longstanding athletic cooperative with Spoon River Valley High School, known as the North Fulton Wildcats.
Cuba itself is a compact residential city with long-term population decline. Once a coal-mining center, it has lost much of its economic base since the late 1970s, and the historic downtown commercial district has thinned considerably. The town of roughly two thousand residents retains its small grid of streets and some surviving historic buildings, but civic and school life centers more on the school buildings and residential neighborhoods than on downtown commerce. Residents describe the town as quiet and note that a reliable car is necessary because most services and employment require travel outside Cuba. Housing values in the area are modest, and the town's development strategy, per publicly reported sources, emphasizes public-private partnerships aimed at downtown revitalization rather than new construction. A parent considering this school should be prepared for a rural small-town environment with limited walkability and dependence on nearby communities for jobs, shopping, and entertainment.
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