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Enrollment
512
Middle
DISTRICT 444 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL COUNTY·NCES 010000601812
Douglas Middle School
Highway 75, Douglas, AL 35964 · (256) 593-1240 · Marshall County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Alabama public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
344 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 181 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 176 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 155 | 30% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.7%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
14.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Douglas Middle School
Douglas Middle School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Middle School this school | 512 | 67.2% | 35.0% |
| Boaz Middle School Boaz | 583 | 70.2% | 42.3% |
| Jemison Intermediate School Jemison | 468 | 67.3% | 34.6% |
| Fort Payne Middle School Fort Payne | 741 | 63.3% | 48.6% |
| West Morgan Middle School Trinity | 561 | 75.0% | 43.4% |
| Jemison Middle School Jemison | 328 | 72.3% | 23.0% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Douglas Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Marshall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #163 of 260 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #187 of 260 | #6 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #162 of 260 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #110 of 265 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #163 of 244 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #100 of 246 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #94 of 264 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #47 of 79 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
512
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 22.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 512 | 27.1 | 18.9:1 | 67% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 26.1 | 19.4:1 | 53% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 26.6 | 18.6:1 | 53% (263) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 23 | 22.2:1 | 53% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 22.5 | 21.4:1 | 81% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 81% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 72% (341) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 23 | 18.9:1 | 50% (219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglas Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (480 to 512); teachers up 21% (22.5 to 27.1).
About Douglas Middle School
In Douglas, Alabama, part of Marshall County, Douglas Middle School is a middle school. Its grade span covers grades 6 through 8, with 512 students on the rolls.
Marshall County enrolls 6,494 students in 14 schools, including Douglas Middle School.
The share of White students at Douglas Middle School is 50%, a majority. It is also 46% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Marshall County is roughly 79% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 18.9:1 is based on 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Alabama is 17.9:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Alabama public middle schools, Douglas Middle School outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Douglas Middle School would score about 35.2%. It scores 35.0%, within a point of that figure.
The school is in Marshall County, where the median household earns about $62,571 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Douglas Middle School shares Marshall County with 36 other public schools.
Douglas Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Douglas Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Douglas Middle School holds 3 other public schools. Local comparison: Douglas Middle School ranks 4th of 6 nearby schools, at 35.0% versus a 37.6% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 510 to 512. The number of students per teacher dropped from 22.2 to 18.9 over 4 years.
Douglas Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Marshall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,748
Census ACS
Median income
$62,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
19,416 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Marshall County
- Asbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 729 students
- Douglas High SchoolHigh · 727 students
- Asbury High SchoolHigh · 659 students
- Robert D Sloman PrimaryElementary · 613 students
- Kate D Smith DAR Elementary SchoolElementary · 546 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Other schools in Douglas
- Douglas High SchoolHigh · 727 students
- Robert D Sloman PrimaryElementary · 613 students
- Douglas Elementary SchoolElementary · 521 students
Other Douglas Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Douglas Middle. Douglas Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Douglas Middle School - 01Box Elder, SD · 633 students
- Douglas Middle SchoolDouglas, WY · 389 students
- Douglas Middle SchoolDouglas, MA · 284 students
Nearby schools
- Douglas Elementary School0.1 mi · 521
- Robert D Sloman Primary0.1 mi · 613
- Douglas High School0.1 mi · 727
- Albertville Elementary School7.7 mi · 911
- Albertville Primary School7.7 mi · 990
- West End High School7.9 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Douglas Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Douglas Middle School?
Douglas Middle School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Douglas Middle School serve?
Douglas Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglas Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglas Middle School is approximately 18.9:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Douglas Middle School?
At Douglas Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 46% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Douglas Middle School?
Douglas Middle School is overseen by Marshall County in Marshall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.