Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School
1600 Tallassee Rd
Athens GA, 30606, Clarke County
Phone: 706-548-7208
Ranking: 
(1,582 out of 1,747, bottom 9%)*
(1,582 out of 1,747, bottom 9%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Clarke County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 44 | 45 | 46 | 50 | 50 | 48 | 47 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 638 | 633 | 602 | 587 | 587 | 618 | 621 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 214 | 33.5% | 219 | 34.6% | 217 | 36.0% | 224 | 38.2% | 191 | 32.5% | 213 | 34.5% | 225 | 36.2% |
| Grade 7: | 220 | 34.5% | 220 | 34.8% | 212 | 35.2% | 175 | 29.8% | 201 | 34.2% | 214 | 34.6% | 175 | 28.2% |
| Grade 8: | 204 | 32.0% | 194 | 30.6% | 173 | 28.7% | 188 | 32.0% | 195 | 33.2% | 191 | 30.9% | 221 | 35.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 314 | 49.2% | 304 | 48.0% | 301 | 50.0% | 284 | 48.4% | 298 | 50.8% | 301 | 48.7% | 294 | 47.3% |
| Female: | 324 | 50.8% | 329 | 52.0% | 301 | 50.0% | 303 | 51.6% | 289 | 49.2% | 291 | 47.1% | 312 | 50.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 13 | 2.0% | 13 | 2.1% | 9 | 1.5% | 6 | 1.0% | 4 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.8% |
| Hispanic: | 216 | 33.9% | 210 | 33.2% | 198 | 32.9% | 196 | 33.4% | 178 | 30.3% | 180 | 29.1% | 186 | 30.0% |
| Black: | 323 | 50.6% | 334 | 52.8% | 327 | 54.3% | 313 | 53.3% | 337 | 57.4% | 358 | 57.9% | 355 | 57.2% |
| White: | 65 | 10.2% | 62 | 9.8% | 53 | 8.8% | 55 | 9.4% | 50 | 8.5% | 59 | 9.5% | 64 | 10.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 20 | 3.1% | 13 | 2.1% | 14 | 2.3% | 17 | 2.9% | 18 | 3.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 547 | 85.7% | 529 | 83.6% | 479 | 79.6% | 481 | 81.9% | 454 | 77.3% | 461 | 74.6% | 438 | 70.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 46 | 7.2% | 49 | 7.7% | 52 | 8.6% | 29 | 4.9% | 51 | 8.7% | 56 | 9.1% | 53 | 8.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.67 | 14.22 | 13.00 | 11.79 | 11.76 | 12.80 | 13.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 70% | 74.2% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 75.5% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 73% | 74.3% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 85.2% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 88% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 84.1% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 90.1% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 85.5% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 48.1% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 45.9% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56% | 52.2% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 63.4% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 64% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 60.6% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 76.2% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 71.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 78.7% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 81% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 81.6% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 84.9% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 86.5% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 90.7% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 95.1% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 92.9% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.7% | 46.4% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 44.5% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.8% | 48.4% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 61.9% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.3% | 62.6% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 59.2% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 59% | 67.8% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 61.7% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 75.8% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 71.1% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 64.7% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 71.3% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 76.8% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 71.8% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 71.6% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 82.4% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 79% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 76.6% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 87.8% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 85% | 88% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 91% | 88.8% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.0% | 86.8% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 68% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 64.5% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 65.5% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 68.3% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 79.2% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 82% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 86.8% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 82.4% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 66.6% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 73% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 77.2% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 73.7% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 84.9% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 83.2% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 88% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 89.7% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 43% | 44.1% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 47.7% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 54.7% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 53.7% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 70.5% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60% | 64.6% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 72.2% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 76.4% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 76.5% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 77.7% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 68.9% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 66.8% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.2% | 73.5% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 80.9% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.6% | 76.4% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 76.5% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 81.9% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 83.6% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 81.4% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.7% | 87.7% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 92.2% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 92.1% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 60% | 60.7% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 69.8% | 68.8% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 55.6% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 57.3% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 56.1% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.1% | 69.7% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.1% | 71.4% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 75.1% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 79.8% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 77.8% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 81.1% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 86.8% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 89.7% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.1% | 94.1% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 94.9% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 94.3% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 57% | 61.3% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 56.1% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 43% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 45.2% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.7% | 47.8% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 62.2% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.2% | 63.9% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 62.5% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 76.7% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 70.2% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 37.9% | 39.1% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 43.3% | 51.9% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 64% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 63% | 71.2% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 70.1% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.0% | 69.2% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 65% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 76% | 65% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.