Fulton County Schools' first draft map would close both buildings and open a 1,200-seat middle school in August 2030. About 118 students would move to Autrey Mill.
Haynes Bridge and Holcomb Bridge middle schools would be combined into one new school under the first draft map from Fulton County Schools. The replacement school would open in August 2030 with room for 1,200 students.
The proposal is in the district’s draft packet for Region C middle schools, posted on its redistricting page ahead of a community forum Wednesday evening. It is a first draft. The packet says the maps may change after public feedback, and the School Board has not voted.
What the draft proposes
The packet’s enrollment table sets out the plan in two steps:
- Holcomb Bridge closes first. By the 2028-29 school year, the table says, the Holcomb Bridge site closes and all of its students move to the Haynes Bridge building.
- A new school opens in August 2030. The combined school would hold 1,200 students. The Haynes Bridge site then closes too.
- The new building’s location. The district’s map marks a “New School Preferred Site” just south of Holcomb Bridge Middle. The packet gives no address for it.
- Barnwell moves to Autrey Mill. Barnwell Elementary students now split between Haynes Bridge and Autrey Mill. Under the draft, all of them would go to Autrey Mill Middle in Johns Creek, about five miles southeast.
The combined school would draw from Northwood, Hillside, River Eves, Esther Jackson, Vickery Mill and Mimosa elementary schools. Elkins Pointe Middle in Roswell is in the review area but has no changes in the draft.
Why the district is proposing it
Both schools are little more than half full, the district’s own figures show.
| School | Building capacity | 2026-27 enrollment (20th day) |
|---|---|---|
| Haynes Bridge Middle | 1,000 | 570 (57%) |
| Holcomb Bridge Middle | 1,000 | 530 (53%) |
| Autrey Mill Middle | 1,450 | 1,220 (84%) |
| Elkins Pointe Middle | 1,200 | 821 (68%) |
The four schools have 4,650 seats between them and 3,141 students this year, or 68%. The district projects 2,668 students across them in 2030-31.
Under the draft, the district projects:
- Haynes Bridge at 897 students, or 89% full, in 2028-29, after Holcomb Bridge students move in
- the new combined school at 825 students, or 69% full, in 2030-31
- Autrey Mill at 1,079 students, or 74% full, in 2030-31
Which neighborhoods would switch to Autrey Mill
The district’s map for the Autrey Mill change shades a strip on the eastern edge of the Haynes Bridge zone. It projects 118 students in that area in 2030-31. The subdivisions it labels include:
- Haynes Landing
- Queensbury and Mallard Lake Estates
- North Peak and Brumbelow/The Ridge
- Park at Rivermont, Rivermont and The Rivers, and Colony Rivermont
- Eagle Glen Road, Fairway Ridge, Niblick Drive, River Ridge and Hawkstone Way
The packet’s map is the authority. Check your own street on it instead of relying on the subdivision names.
What happens next
The middle school forums are at Centennial High School, 9310 Scott Road in Roswell, about five miles south. The district says it will post a recording of Wednesday’s forum on its redistricting page the next day, along with an online survey for any community member.
- Tuesday, Dec. 15: a revised map at the final community forum
- Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2027: the School Board receives the map at a work session
- Thursday, Feb. 25, 2027: the board’s final vote
Those dates are from the district’s timeline, as set out in our earlier story on the review.
What it means for you
- If your child is zoned for Haynes Bridge or Holcomb Bridge, the draft would move them to a new school by fall 2030, after a period in the Haynes Bridge building. Families now in elementary school are the ones most affected.
- If you live in the shaded strip east of Haynes Bridge, your middle school would change to Autrey Mill.
- Give feedback through the survey on the redistricting page once it is posted, or by email to planning@fultonschools.org.
- Look up your zoned school on the district’s attendance zone map, or read our pages on Haynes Bridge Middle and Holcomb Bridge Middle.
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