Jean Childs Young Middle School, Atlanta: report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Young Middle website, Atlanta Public Schools’ feeder pattern list, 2026-27 student calendar (PDF), the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.

Jean Childs Young Middle School is an Atlanta Public Schools middle school in the district’s Mays cluster. It teaches sixth through eighth grade at 3116 Benjamin E. Mays Drive SW.

• Address: 3116 Benjamin E. Mays Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 30311
• Phone: 404-802-5900
• Grades: 6 to 8
• Website: young.atlantapublicschools.us

Who to call

• Young Middle front office: 404-802-5900
• Register a new student: the district’s online New Student Enrollment application, then call the school with your application number
• Bus routes: the APS Transportation Call Center, 404-802-5500
• Atlanta Public Schools main line: 404-802-3500
• Is this your school? Check an address with the APS School Zone Locator

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 766 students at Young Middle in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 656 students and 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.9 students per teacher.

State report card

Young Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 61.1, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for middle schools was 78.4 and Atlanta Public Schools’ was 74.0. The school’s single score was 59.0 in 2023, 47.8 in 2024 and 61.1 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Young Middle report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

The same data show 42.2% of eighth graders read at or above grade level, against 56.4% statewide.

Attendance zone

Zones are drawn by Atlanta Public Schools, so a neighborhood name or mailing address does not settle which school a home is zoned for. Check the address with the APS School Zone Locator; the district’s zone map for Young Middle shows the school’s boundary.

Young Middle draws from Beecher Hills Elementary, Cascade Elementary, Miles Elementary, Peyton Forest Elementary and West Manor Elementary, and its students go on to Mays High, according to the district’s feeder pattern list.

In December 2025 the Atlanta Board of Education approved Phase 1 of APS Forward 2040, the district’s long-range facilities plan, which closes six schools in fall 2027, according to the district. In this cluster, Peyton Forest Elementary is among the schools the plan affects. APS has not yet adopted the new zones: draft maps are on the APS Forward 2040 page and a board vote is planned for Monday, Dec. 7. We found no approved rezoning that changes Young Middle’s own zone so far.

Calendar

From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar (PDF) (all district dates are on the calendar page):

• Monday, Oct. 12, and Tuesday, Oct. 13: Indigenous Peoples’ Day and teacher professional learning days, no school for students
• Wednesday, Oct. 14, to Friday, Oct. 16: fall break
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, a teacher professional learning day; no school for students
• Monday, Nov. 23, to Friday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving break
• Monday, Dec. 21, to Friday, Jan. 1: December break; the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
• Monday, Feb. 15, to Friday, Feb. 19, 2027: Presidents Day, then winter break
• Monday, April 5, to Friday, April 9, 2027: spring break
• Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school

Bell times

Doors open at 8:45 a.m., school begins at 9:15 a.m. and ends at 4:15 p.m., according to the school’s arrival and dismissal page.

More

• The school’s website
• The state’s report card for Young Middle
• The district’s zone map for Young Middle and School Zone Locator
• APS’s schools and feeder patterns and About Our Schools pages
• Every public school in Atlanta, with zones and scores: our Atlanta public schools guide
• District calendar, enrollment and the Board of Education: our Atlanta schools guide

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Young Middle serve?

Sixth through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2025 School Grades data.

What is Young Middle’s CCRPI score?

61.1 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4. It was 47.8 in 2024.

Which high school does Young Middle feed into?

Mays High, according to the district’s feeder list.

What time does Young Middle start?

9:15 a.m., according to the school’s website.