Cowan Road Middle School
1185 Cowan Rd
Griffin GA, 30223, Spalding County
Phone: 770-229-3722
Ranking: 
(1,503 out of 1,747, bottom 14%)*
(1,503 out of 1,747, bottom 14%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Spalding 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: | 32 | 28 | 34 | 38 | 35 | 42 | 46 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 598 | 612 | 600 | 568 | 564 | 611 | 612 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 189 | 31.6% | 202 | 33.0% | 199 | 33.2% | 196 | 34.5% | 200 | 35.5% | 203 | 33.2% | 180 | 29.4% |
| Grade 7: | 203 | 33.9% | 213 | 34.8% | 200 | 33.3% | 186 | 32.7% | 200 | 35.5% | 177 | 29.0% | 210 | 34.3% |
| Grade 8: | 206 | 34.4% | 197 | 32.2% | 201 | 33.5% | 186 | 32.7% | 164 | 29.1% | 231 | 37.8% | 222 | 36.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 292 | 48.8% | 291 | 47.5% | 312 | 52.0% | 289 | 50.9% | 285 | 50.5% | 290 | 47.5% | 302 | 49.3% |
| Female: | 306 | 51.2% | 321 | 52.5% | 288 | 48.0% | 279 | 49.1% | 279 | 49.5% | 299 | 48.9% | 287 | 46.9% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 10 | 1.7% | 9 | 1.5% | 9 | 1.5% | 10 | 1.8% | 11 | 2.0% | 8 | 1.3% | 9 | 1.5% |
| Hispanic: | 43 | 7.2% | 36 | 5.9% | 44 | 7.3% | 44 | 7.7% | 39 | 6.9% | 23 | 3.8% | 19 | 3.1% |
| Black: | 291 | 48.7% | 285 | 46.6% | 272 | 45.3% | 251 | 44.2% | 228 | 40.4% | 243 | 39.8% | 247 | 40.4% |
| White: | 239 | 40.0% | 266 | 43.5% | 257 | 42.8% | 249 | 43.8% | 268 | 47.5% | 321 | 52.5% | 317 | 51.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 13 | 2.2% | 14 | 2.3% | 18 | 3.0% | 13 | 2.3% | 16 | 2.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 464 | 77.6% | 475 | 77.6% | 466 | 77.7% | 441 | 77.6% | 395 | 70.0% | 402 | 65.8% | 351 | 57.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 60 | 10.0% | 61 | 10.0% | 60 | 10.0% | 57 | 10.0% | 66 | 11.7% | 67 | 11.0% | 56 | 9.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.92 | 21.70 | 17.80 | 15.03 | 16.35 | 14.50 | 13.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 83.4% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 80.6% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 85.9% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 87.8% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.9% | 86.5% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 89.3% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 89.5% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 90.9% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.8% | 45.5% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 43.1% | 49.5% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 58.8% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.5% | 63.7% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 61.5% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 61% | 68% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 69.7% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 74.8% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 83.9% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 87.7% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 89.8% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 89.5% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 87.2% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 92.5% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 95.4% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 94.1% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 46% | 48.8% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 44.7% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 55.2% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.3% | 52.6% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 48.2% | 54.2% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 51% | 56% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 54.2% | 56.8% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 60.5% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 82.9% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 75% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 51.6% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 49% | 56.6% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 58.6% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 55.0% | 56.6% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 81% | 81% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 88.6% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 85.7% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 87.9% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 89.8% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 91.2% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 92.3% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 91.6% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 80.3% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 63.7% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 67.3% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 75% | 76.5% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 81.8% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 80% | 84% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.3% | 88.8% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 85.4% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 74.7% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87% | 85.8% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 84.7% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 86.5% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 86.9% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 87.9% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 91% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 92.0% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 52.9% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 57.8% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 69% | 61.6% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 60.2% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 65.7% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.5% | 72.5% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 77.2% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 78.3% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 81.7% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 78.5% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 50.7% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 57% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 61% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 69.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 85.2% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 83.4% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 87.4% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 88.3% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 90.6% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 92.5% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 94.2% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 92.4% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 70% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 71.7% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 40.4% | 42.5% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.8% | 47.9% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 64.4% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 53% | 67.8% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 67.9% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 72.3% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 85.6% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 85.8% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 88.7% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 89.1% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 94.4% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 95.1% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 94.9% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 94.0% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 68.6% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 65.9% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 44.7% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 49.7% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.5% | 52.9% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 38% | 50% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 55.1% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 59.0% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 84.9% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.4% | 79% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 36.4% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.7% | 46.1% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.7% | 49% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 58.9% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 58.2% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 60.0% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 91% | 52% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 78% | 44.6% | 65% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 50% | 80.6% | 84.1% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 100% | 72.9% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 100% | 76.6% | 82.7% |
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* Cowan Road Middle School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.