Merry Acres Middle School
1601 Florence Dr
Albany GA, 31707, Dougherty County
Phone: 229-431-3338
Ranking: 
(1,023 out of 1,747, bottom 41%)*
(1,023 out of 1,747, bottom 41%)*Type: Regular Middle School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8
School District: Dougherty 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: | 52 | 48 | 44 | 44 | 51 | 54 | 62 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 898 | 799 | 786 | 752 | 767 | 753 | 799 | |||||||
| Grade 6: | 286 | 31.8% | 301 | 37.7% | 267 | 34.0% | 263 | 35.0% | 246 | 32.1% | 242 | 32.1% | 271 | 33.9% |
| Grade 7: | 337 | 37.5% | 265 | 33.2% | 269 | 34.2% | 248 | 33.0% | 263 | 34.3% | 274 | 36.4% | 266 | 33.3% |
| Grade 8: | 275 | 30.6% | 233 | 29.2% | 250 | 31.8% | 241 | 32.0% | 258 | 33.6% | 237 | 31.5% | 262 | 32.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 480 | 53.5% | 408 | 51.1% | 399 | 50.8% | 415 | 55.2% | 408 | 53.2% | 399 | 53.0% | 404 | 50.6% |
| Female: | 418 | 46.5% | 391 | 48.9% | 387 | 49.2% | 337 | 44.8% | 359 | 46.8% | 339 | 45.0% | 385 | 48.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.9% | 8 | 1.1% | 10 | 1.3% | 13 | 1.7% | 13 | 1.6% |
| Hispanic: | 3 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.4% |
| Black: | 781 | 87.0% | 694 | 86.9% | 679 | 86.4% | 625 | 83.1% | 629 | 82.0% | 625 | 83.0% | 668 | 83.6% |
| White: | 93 | 10.4% | 78 | 9.8% | 88 | 11.2% | 99 | 13.2% | 104 | 13.6% | 101 | 13.4% | 109 | 13.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 12 | 1.3% | 12 | 1.5% | 7 | 0.9% | 17 | 2.3% | 18 | 2.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 895 | 99.7% | 544 | 68.1% | 495 | 63.0% | 485 | 64.5% | 481 | 62.7% | 472 | 62.7% | 479 | 59.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 60 | 7.5% | 60 | 7.6% | 59 | 7.8% | 77 | 10.0% | 78 | 10.4% | 84 | 10.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.40 | 16.61 | 18.03 | 17.25 | 15.16 | 13.90 | 13.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 76.2% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 83.9% | 86.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 82.6% | 87.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 84.3% | 90.5% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 88.7% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 88.5% | 91.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 93.3% | 89.6% | 92% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 88.9% | 92.4% |
| 2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.9% | 56.8% | 62% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.6% | 58.3% | 64.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 59.9% | 59% | 69.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 60.4% | 74.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 67.2% | 75% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 70% | 76.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 74.1% | 80% |
| 2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 75.0% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 81.1% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 88.1% | 89.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 89.1% | 91.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 81.9% | 89.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 85.7% | 91% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 89.9% | 93.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 92.7% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 92.4% | 91.4% | 96.0% |
| 2006 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 41% | 61% |
| 2007 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 49% | 39.8% | 59.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 51.3% | 66.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 50.5% | 68.5% |
| 2010 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 53.5% | 70% |
| 2011 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 76% | 53.6% | 70.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 56.9% | 73% |
| 2013 | Science | 6th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 58.5% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 75% | 85% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 75.4% | 83.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 61% | 52% | 64% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 58.3% | 71.6% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 75.4% | 55% | 73% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 81.0% | 63.4% | 77.5% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 81.4% | 84% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 89.1% | 89.2% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 86.6% | 89.7% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 90% | 86.7% | 89.4% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 91% | 87.1% | 91% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 91% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 95% | 92.1% | 94% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 91.5% | 93.0% |
| 2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 78.4% | 80% |
| 2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 68.1% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 70.3% | 79.8% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 73.7% | 83.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 76.9% | 86% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 88.6% | 89.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 95% | 90.3% | 91% |
| 2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 86.0% | 89.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 79.4% | 80% |
| 2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 83% | 84.4% | 84.9% |
| 2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 82.5% | 88% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.1% | 84.3% | 89.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 82.7% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 83% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 95% | 91.2% | 94% |
| 2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 96.7% | 92.1% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 50.4% | 63% |
| 2007 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 55% | 58.7% | 70% |
| 2008 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 57.1% | 75.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 67.2% | 58.2% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.6% | 65.3% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 73% | 82.2% |
| 2012 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 82% | 85% |
| 2013 | Science | 7th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 81.2% | 85.2% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 79.4% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 82.3% | 85.8% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 56.7% | 71% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 62.7% | 74.9% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 74.9% | 78% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 7th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 78.6% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 82.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 84.4% | 88.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 86.9% | 89.3% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 90% | 91.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 88% | 87.7% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 87% | 92.8% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 93% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 93.1% | 94.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 75% | 72.6% | 77% |
| 2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 74.1% | 81.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 48% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 51.3% | 70.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 55.7% | 74% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 67.5% | 77.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 59.4% | 77% |
| 2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 78.9% | 83.0% |
| 2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 84.1% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 83.4% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 86% | 90.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 86.1% | 92.7% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 91% | 90.3% | 95% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 90.7% | 96% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 91.4% | 96% |
| 2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 95.1% | 96.8% |
| 2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 66.1% | 76% |
| 2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 66.3% | 74% |
| 2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 52.9% | 44.1% | 59.6% |
| 2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 56.5% | 50.5% | 64.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 51.1% | 66% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 48% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 57.5% | 74% |
| 2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 66.4% | 74.0% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 79.6% | 87% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 79.3% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 48.5% | 58.9% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.9% | 42.5% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 49.8% | 55.3% | 70% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 61.2% | 56.2% | 72.5% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 60.4% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 8th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 67.8% | 77.9% |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 60% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 100% | 53.6% | 65% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 100% | 40.6% | 61% |
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* Merry Acres Middle School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.