Forsyth County opens new Midway Elementary School building in Alpharetta

Forsyth County’s new Midway Elementary building gives south Forsyth another modern campus at a time when enrollment keeps climbing and pressure on nearby schools remains high. The replacement school at 405 Mullinax Road in Alpharetta was built to serve a fast-growing part of the county where every new classroom helps ease crowding, traffic and long-term capacity concerns.

The district broke ground on the Midway replacement in October 2022 and opened the new building in August 2024. Carroll Daniel Construction served as the general contractor, and Lindsay Pope Brayfield & Associates designed the project. Forsyth County Schools says the investment fits a district that is Georgia’s fifth largest, serves more than 54,000 students and has seen enrollment grow 40% over the past decade.

For families at Midway, the change was immediate. The school moved from its older footprint into a building that adds state-of-the-art amenities and technology for students in southern Forsyth County. Midway says it has a 60-year tradition and traces its start to the early 1960s, when it was a community school in a sleepy farming area between Alpharetta and Cumming. Today, it serves a diverse student population in one of the county’s fastest-changing suburban corridors.

The new campus also reflects how Forsyth has tried to keep up with that growth. The district says it has built 11 new schools and facilities, and every existing school built before 2000 has received additions or modifications over the past two decades. Forsyth County Schools now includes 23 elementary schools, 11 middle schools, eight high schools and the Academy of Creative Education, and its elementary buildings are described as new or recently renovated with cafeterias, media centers, stages, gymnasiums, playgrounds and outdoor playfields.

At Midway, the school day runs from 7:40 a.m. to 2:20 p.m., giving the building a full-day role in the neighborhood rather than serving as a symbolic project site. For parents watching development push farther south and west, the new school signals how the district is managing rapid change: by building ahead of demand, refreshing aging campuses and trying to keep future enrollment from outpacing classroom space.