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Pine Mountain Middle School

Kennesaw, GA 30152

Phone: (678) 594-8252
Fax: (678) 594-8254
District: Cobb County School District

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public • Grades 6,7,8 • 505 students

Pine Mountain Middle School, a public school located in Kennesaw, GA, serves grades 6-8 in the Cobb County School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Pine Mountain Middle School is a public school located in Kennesaw, GA. 505 students attend Pine Mountain Middle School.

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Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	8/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement, and using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade (EOG) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.
Student Growth	6/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.

Posted: May 15, 2026

Honestly, Pine Mountain Middle School is not it. The school needs to do way better when it comes to how students act and how things are handled. There are boys literally bullying girls, hitting them, and being disrespectful, and it feels like nothing really happens to them. It makes people feel unsafe and uncomfortable just trying to get through the day.

Also, the amount of cursing and yelling all the time is crazy. It happens in the hallways and even in class sometimes, and it makes it hard to focus or even enjoy being at school. If you actually care about your grades, its super distracting.

The rules dont even make sense either. It feels like theyre strict about random stuff, but when it comes to serious things like bullying or fighting, its not handled how it should be. Like, there needs to be more control where it actually matters, and people need to be held accountable for what they do.

Teachers and staff need to step up more and actually put people in their place when theyre being disrespectful or hurting others. Students should feel safe at school, and right now it doesnt always feel like that.

Overall, this school could be better, but right now it just feels unorganized and not taken seriously when it comes to student behavior. Something needs to change.

Posted: May 15, 2026

Parents. Take your children OUT OF THIS SCHOOL. bullying is heavy here and they do not care, I am a 6th grader don't say I'm immature BECAUSE I KNOW THE DIFFERENCES OF STUFF!! THIS SCHOOL IS RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, SEXIST, ECT. STUDENTS INCLUDED.. THEY DON'T CARE AND BLAME WHOEVER THEY SEE. I TELL THEM OVER AND OVER ABOUT MY STRUGGLES AND THEY DO NOT CARE. COUNSELORS DONT CARE. THEY DO NOTHING. PLEASE SPARE YOUR CHILDREN IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY.

Posted: March 11, 2026

This school suprised me to say the least. It is in Cobb County so I believed it would be a great school. I had to take my kid out Asap! The teachers don't do their job to their best ability, my child was so happy to do art class. She hated the art teacher due to the way she acted, favored other children over others. This is unacceptable.

Posted: March 11, 2026

Posted: September 10, 2025

Pine Mountain is a really good school. The teachers are the best partthey actually make class interesting and are always willing to help you out if you don't get something. There's a ton of stuff to do after school, like sports and different clubs, so you can always find something you like.
The school has a cool vibe, and everyone is pretty nice. If you're in 8th grade, they have these high school pathway programs that let you take classes for high school credit, which is awesome. It's a great place to be and you'll definitely be ready for high school when you leave.

Posted: September 10, 2025

Posted: November 8, 2022

Love Principal Nelson! He does a fantastic job of leading and transforming our school. He is not afraid to make difficult choices for the best interest of the students and teachers. Families in the PIne Mountain attendance zone are pleased with his work and love the new feeling at the school. Weve been pleased since we came to Pine Mountain with both the administration and the teaching staff.

Posted: November 8, 2022

Posted: October 7, 2022

PMMS is a great school and the communication is top notch. I get emails weekly about what's happening in the school as well as emails from teachers detailing what the students are currently working on. Mr. Nelson is very friendly and quite innovative in his ideas and ways to keep the students engaged and feeling heard and supported.

Posted: October 7, 2022

Posted: September 10, 2022

My son's teachers have been amazing. Any time I have reached out, they have responded and have been incredibly supportive. The counselor and administration have been as well.

Posted: September 10, 2022

Posted: May 18, 2021

Worst school in Cobb county! David Nelson is an absent Leader. Bullying problems they dont care about. Leadership doesnt talk to each other. Teachers are scared to speak up. Horrible School!!

Posted: May 18, 2021

Posted: April 10, 2018

We have been extremely pleased with PMMS - especially with regards to the Advanced Content program, the leadership opportunities for students and the band program. The school feels safe and well run. New courses have been exciting for students. Lots of parental involvement. Happy that we are a part of this great and growing school!

Posted: March 14, 2016

I'm a parent at the school and the new administration has a new STEM program for high achievers, Advanced Content and Advanced class options for students that want to excel. Lots of wonderful new courses are offered and we have an amazing band program. High achieving kids have plenty to do at this school. The behavior problems are addressed.

Posted: September 29, 2015

I was a student at PMMS. Frankly I had terrible experiences with the school, but that doesn't mean it's a bad school! I was constantly harassed and bullied and the administration gave the students very mild punishments. The school is clean except for the fact that there is one locker with no combination and the students just throw their trash into it. The education is flawless! The teachers put all of their effort into giving us the best education! A lot of students at PMMS including me didn't feel safe. There were constant altercations between students. Sometimes they were very severe! There are mild threats such as " I will beat her so bad she won't even be able to stand!" There were small "gangs". It wasn't really gangs. It was more " I'm in a group and we all have a secret hand shake and a symbol that we draw on our hand."Due to severe harassment and bullying I had to move schools! To me it shouldn't have had to come to that, but it did. All in all, the education is great, but the administration must take more affirmative action on the bullying problems!

Posted: September 1, 2015

Love this School. Staff, and All of the teachers. Mr. Hoffmeister is the best ever.

Posted: March 3, 2015

Even though the administration is a horrible joke, the rest of the school is very passionate( but not the lunches). Teachers and Mr. Stokes who Is the best admin at the school, help you with a big ol smile on their face, no matter what the issue is. And the music department is like gold and diamonds. It's awesome. I'm a Clarinet player in 8-1 band and the teachers are ready to teach.

Posted: March 3, 2015

All 4 of my children attended Pine Mountain over the past 9 years. We were in a local private school and after the first month at PMMS my oldest said, "I have learned more here than I ever did at , (his previous private school). The administration led by Mrs Jackson, Mr Stokes and Ms Faucett is superb! They truly care about the children and about the staff. All of my children's teachers have challenged them, encouraged them and treated them with respect. My children all thrived there and I recommend this school to anyone looking to put their child in a safe, educationally sound, strong leadership school.

Posted: August 2, 2014

I'm kind of scared to see how KMHS will be in the future due to the kids from Pine Mountain. (Im a sophomore at KMHS) . Ive heard alot of bad things from people i know about the kids in PMMS. They spit water on eachother, they push eachother around in the all screaming "YEET", They took away their locker breaks because of how bad they are, (Talking about the 2013 8th graders aka Rising Freshmen this year) And when i was there as an 8th grader 2 years ago, The teachers were horrible, my class was bad. (Not anymore) The 7th and 6th graders were horrible. This school is just terrible and staff does nothing about it and teachers have no control over classrooms.

Posted: April 16, 2014

BEST BAND TEACHERS EVER!!! 6TH GRADE. FLUTE PLAYER!!!!!! LOVE MS. ARMBREWSTER AND MRS. STILLS.,... best all around school... anywhere!!!!

Posted: October 20, 2013

The teachers were very supportive and tried hard to help students improve. There were numerous extracurricular activities and the school lunch was good.

Posted: July 24, 2013

I like this school because there are nice teachers and our new building it pretty.

Posted: June 19, 2013

AC program is very strong. Plenty of extra-curricular activities (band, chorus, news team, drama, etc.).

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