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Black student results at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School

DeKalb County, Georgia

12.8%
of Black students meet proficient or distinguished

At Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School, 12.8% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished — 1.3 points below the 14.1% recorded for all students at the same school, and 16.5 points below the 29.3% average for Black students across DeKalb County.

Among the 123 schools in DeKalb County with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 113th. Across Georgia, the average for Black students is 29.6%.

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Every group at this school

14.1%
All students
12.8%
Black
11.7%
Hispanic
17.8%
White
29.6%
Asian

Share of students meeting proficient or distinguished at Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside DeKalb County

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Oak View Elementary 16.6% 14.4% 21.9%
Toney Elementary School 15.1% 13.9%
Columbia Elementary School 14.9% 13.4%
Fairington Elementary School 13.8% 13.3%
Panola Way Elementary School 14.1% 13% 28%
Mary McLeod Bethune Middle School This school 14.1% 12.8% 11.7% 17.8% 29.6%
Lithonia Middle School 13.1% 12.7% 15.2% 13.9% 5%
Stone Mill Elementary School 13.7% 12.6% 15.8% 29.2%
Columbia Middle School Magnet 13.5% 12.2% 22.2%
Miller Grove Middle School 12.7% 12% 14% 20.8%
Salem Middle School 11% 11.3% 10.8% 0%

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How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.