Mill Creek Middle School, 442 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock: grades 6-8, 1,528 students in 2025, CCRPI 89.5. Zone, report card and bell times.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Mill Creek Middle website, the Cherokee County School District’s boundary maps, geographic assignment chart (PDF), start and end times and 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Mill Creek Middle School is a Cherokee County School District middle school for sixth through eighth grade. Its mailing address says Woodstock, but the campus sits outside the city limits, in unincorporated Cherokee County, according to the Census Bureau’s geocoder.
Mill Creek sits next to River Ridge High on Arnold Mill Road, and its students go on to River Ridge. The Wildcat is the school mascot, its about page says. Jason Meade is new as principal this year, the district’s first-day facts sheet says.
- Address: 442 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, GA 30188
- Phone: 770-721-6400
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: mcms.cherokeek12.net
- School day: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Who to call
- Mill Creek Middle front office: 770-721-6400
- Which school serves my address: the district, 770-479-1871, or its boundary maps
- Enroll a student: the district’s online registration; help at enrollment.support@cherokee.incidentiq.com
- Buses: the district’s River Ridge zone transportation line, 770-721-5576, listed on its transportation contacts page, and the bus stop look-up
Principal
Principal Jason Meade, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 1,528 students at Mill Creek Middle in its 2025 School Grades data, covering the 2024-25 school year, against 1,448 a year earlier. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,388 students and 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.3 students per teacher.
State report card
Mill Creek Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 89.5, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for middle schools was 78.4 and the Cherokee County School District’s was 86.1. The school scored 72.1 in 2023 and 79.8 in 2024. Scores can move a lot from one year to the next at a single school. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Mill Creek 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. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests, 2025, share of tested students scoring Proficient and Distinguished, the two upper achievement levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 39.5% | 19.8% |
| Math | 34.9% | 26% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 39.2% | 18.8% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 39.8% | 24.2% |
In the same data, 67.2% of eighth graders read at or above the state’s grade-level target.
Attendance zone
Zones are set by the district and do not follow city limits or ZIP codes. Open the district’s Mill Creek Middle zone map (PDF) from its boundary maps page, or call 770-479-1871 to confirm the school for an address, as the district’s enrollment page advises.
The district’s geographic assignment chart (PDF) lists Arnold Mill Elementary, Johnston Elementary and Little River Elementary as feeding Mill Creek Middle, whose students go on to River Ridge High.
Our neighborhood guides with homes in this zone: Arnold Mill Road, Neese Road, South Main, Trickum Road and The Woodlands.
We found no boundary change approved by the school board that affects Mill Creek Middle for 2026-27. The district says the superintendent recommends school boundaries and the board approves them each year, with focus-group hearings when new schools open or growth requires changes.
Calendar and bell times
The district’s start and end times page has Mill Creek Middle starting at 9 a.m. and dismissing at 4 p.m. for 2026-27.
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:
- Monday, Oct. 12: student holiday, teacher planning
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, remote learning day for students
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break, schools and district closed
- Friday, Dec. 18: last day of the first semester
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: holiday break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a student holiday and classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5
- Jan. 28-29: conference days, early release for all grades
- Feb. 15-19 and April 5-9: weeklong breaks
- Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day of school
More
- The school’s website
- The state’s report card for Mill Creek Middle
- The district’s boundary maps
- Every public school in Woodstock, with zones and scores: our Woodstock public schools guide
- District calendar, registration and the school board: our Woodstock schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Mill Creek Middle serve?
Sixth through eighth grade. The state counted 1,528 students in the 2024-25 school year.
What is Mill Creek Middle’s CCRPI score?
89.5 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4 and a Cherokee County School District average of 86.1.
Which high school does Mill Creek Middle feed into?
River Ridge High, according to the Cherokee County School District’s geographic assignment chart.
What time does Mill Creek Middle start?
The district’s 2026-27 schedule has Mill Creek Middle starting at 9 a.m. and dismissing at 4 p.m.
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