Sandy Springs Middle School, 8750 Pride Place: grades 6-8, 867 students and a 79.4 CCRPI score in the state's 2025 report. 470-254-4970.
Last checked Oct. 5, 2026. Sources: Sandy Springs Middle School, Fulton County Schools and its attendance zone map data, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Sandy Springs Middle School is a Fulton County Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 on Pride Place in north Sandy Springs, the middle school in the North Springs cluster. Its school profile calls it Sandy Springs Charter Middle School and says it was founded in 1975. The federal directory gives an Atlanta mailing address for its 30350 ZIP code; the school and the state report card place it in Sandy Springs. It is a zoned school: students who live in its attendance zone attend it.
Who to call
- Front office: 470-254-4970, 8750 Pride Place, Sandy Springs, GA 30350
- School website: sandysprings.fultonschools.org
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s online registration. District main line: 470-254-3600.
- Buses: Fulton County Schools Transportation North, 470-254-2970
| Address | 8750 Pride Place, Sandy Springs, GA 30350 |
| Phone | 470-254-4970 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| School day | 8:55 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. (district bell schedule) |
| District | Fulton County Schools |
Principal
Principal Laurie Woodruff, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 774 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 13 students per teacher.
- State count: 867 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, compared with 874 in 2024 and 929 in 2023.
State report card
Georgia grades schools with the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), which the Georgia Department of Education calls “Georgia’s annual tool for measuring how well schools, districts, and the state are preparing students for the next educational level,” according to its accountability page. Scores run from 0 to 100. Georgia no longer issues letter grades.
| Report year | CCRPI score |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.4 |
| 2024 | 74.1 |
| 2023 | 75.7 |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 62.7, progress 87.2, closing gaps 89.1 and readiness 83.5. In reading, 59.7% of eighth graders scored at or above the midpoint of the state’s grade-level Lexile range.
Georgia Milestones, 2025 end-of-grade tests (share of tested students at the proficient and distinguished levels):
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 32.6% | 13.6% |
| Math | 24.5% | 11.4% |
| Science | 26.8% | 8.9% |
| Social studies | 23.6% | 6.1% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Sandy Springs Middle or on GaDOE’s CCRPI reporting site. Both are interactive dashboards; the figures above come from the state’s downloadable data file.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the district’s Find Your School lookup or its attendance zone map. About 21,700 of the roughly 36,500 address points the district’s map data places in Sandy Springs are zoned to Sandy Springs Middle; the rest go to Ridgeview.
Under the district’s 2026-27 Sandy Springs feeder pattern, Sandy Springs Middle takes students from Dunwoody Springs, Ison Springs and parts of Heards Ferry and Woodland elementary schools, and feeds North Springs High. The school’s own profile page still lists Spalding Drive Elementary, which is not among the district’s 2026-27 Sandy Springs schools.
No rezoning that affects Sandy Springs Middle has been approved. The district’s current redistricting review covers south and north Fulton, not the Sandy Springs schools, and the district says no attendance zone changes, closures or consolidations have been approved.
Calendar and bell times
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:
- Monday, Oct. 12: holiday, schools closed
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, a remote learning day
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break
The district’s bell schedule page lists Sandy Springs Middle’s day as 8:55 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. The school’s profile page lists 8:50 a.m. to 4:05 p.m.; check with the front office if the start time matters for your plans.
Programs and activities
- Team teaching. The school’s academics page describes a team approach in which each grade is housed in its own wing, which the school calls a POD.
- AVID and Talented and Gifted classes are listed on the school’s academics menu.
- Sports. The school’s athletics page says some teams are supported by the SSCMS Foundation, an independent nonprofit set up to expand the school’s academic and extracurricular offerings. The Stallion is the school mascot.
More on Sandy Springs schools
- The school’s website and the district’s school profile reports
- Every public school in Sandy Springs, with zones and report cards
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Sandy Springs Middle School serve?
Sandy Springs Middle serves grades 6 through 8. It is a Fulton County Schools middle school at 8750 Pride Place in Sandy Springs.
What is Sandy Springs Middle School’s CCRPI score?
Sandy Springs Middle scored 79.4 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 74.1 in 2024.
Which high school does Sandy Springs Middle School feed into?
Sandy Springs Middle feeds North Springs High School, according to the district’s 2026-27 feeder pattern for Sandy Springs.
What time does Sandy Springs Middle School start?
The district’s bell schedule lists 8:55 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. The school’s own profile page lists a school day of 8:50 a.m. to 4:05 p.m.
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