DeSana Middle School
Alpharetta, GA · Middle School · Grades 6-8
DeSana Middle School is a middle school in Alpharetta, GA with 1,215 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Forsyth County. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
DeSana Middle School is a middle school located in Alpharetta, Georgia. The school serves 1,215 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
DeSana Middle School is part of the Forsyth County in Georgia.
How This School Compares
DeSana Middle School has 1,215 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Forsyth County (1,288 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points below the district average of 66%. Compared to the Georgia state average of 44%, the school performs 18 points higher.
Frequently Asked Questions
DeSana Middle School has 1,215 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.6:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at DeSana Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
DeSana Middle School is part of the Forsyth County in Alpharetta, Georgia. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.