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What's the biggest difference between Coffee Middle School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,591
Middle
DISTRICT 637 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COFFEE COUNTY·NCES 130135003321
Coffee Middle School
901 Connector 206 N, Douglas, GA 31533 · (912) 720-1011 · Coffee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,591 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Georgia public middle schools
- CTest 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.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,591 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 74%
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 | 552 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 496 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 543 | 34% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Coffee County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
28.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.1pp since 2021
Math
28.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.4% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 29.2% |
| 2022-23 | 28.7% | 26.8% |
| 2021-22 | 29.5% | 29.1% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Coffee Middle School
Coffee Middle School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Middle School this school | 1,591 | 100.0% | 29.7% |
| Willie J. Williams Middle School Moultrie | 1,285 | 100.0% | 33.7% |
| Thomas County Middle School Thomasville | 1,665 | 96.9% | 38.5% |
| Eighth Street Middle School Tifton | 883 | 100.0% | 41.4% |
| Gardner-Newman Middle School LaGrange | 963 | 98.5% | 34.8% |
| Lowndes Middle School Valdosta | 818 | 100.0% | 47.9% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Coffee Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #318 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #321 of 474 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #326 of 474 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #57 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,591 | #17 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #279 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #66 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #43 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #130 of 144 |
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
1,591
-184 (-10%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 1,711
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,591 | 109.9 | 14.5:1 | 100% (1,591) |
| 2023-24 | 1,594 | 106.5 | 15.0:1 | 86% (1,367) |
| 2022-23 | 1,679 | 112.2 | 15.0:1 | 96% (1,619) |
| 2020-21 | 1,775 | 112 | 15.8:1 | 98% (1,734) |
| 2017-18 | 1,557 | 101.6 | 15.3:1 | 90% (1,397) |
| 2015-16 | 1,610 | 102 | 15.8:1 | 90% (1,444) |
| 2010-11 | 1,711 | 114 | 15.0:1 | 77% (1,324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coffee Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,557 to 1,591); teachers up 8% (101.6 to 109.9).
About Coffee Middle School
Coffee Middle School is a high-enrollment middle school for students in Douglas, Georgia. The school has 1,591 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students, which makes this school 109% above average.
Coffee Middle School is among 12 schools run by Coffee County, which serves 7,640 students.
The student body at Coffee Middle School has no majority group. White students lead at 43%. The next largest groups are 29% Black, 23% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 16 points below the 59% share among Coffee County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
On staff are 109.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Georgia is similar, at 14.1:1. Coffee Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. The figure for public schools in Coffee County is close, at 100%.
Coffee Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Georgia public middle schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Coffee Middle School would score about 25.7%. It scores 29.7%, 4.0 points above that figure.
The school is in Coffee County, where median household income comes to about $50,683, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Coffee County's 12 public schools enroll about 7,640 students and include Coffee Middle School.
Coffee Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Eastside Elementary School, about 1.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 29.7% is below the 35.1% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place Coffee Middle School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 10% decline took enrollment from 1,775 in 2020-21 to 1,591 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.8:1 in 2020-21 to 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Coffee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,347
Census ACS
Median income
$50,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
7,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coffee County
- Coffee County High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- Indian Creek ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Satilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- George Washington Carver Freshman CampusHigh · 493 students
Other schools in Douglas
- Coffee County High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- Indian Creek ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Satilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- George Washington Carver Freshman CampusHigh · 493 students
Nearby schools
- Eastside Elementary School1.8 mi · 575
- Coffee County High School1.8 mi · 1,373
- Westside Elementary School2.5 mi · 625
- George Washington Carver Freshman Campus3.0 mi · 493
- Wiregrass Regional College and Career Academy3.1 mi · 215
- Indian Creek Elementary4.4 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Coffee Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Coffee Middle School?
Coffee Middle School enrolls approximately 1,591 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Coffee Middle School serve?
Coffee Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coffee Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coffee Middle School is approximately 14.5:1 (110 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Coffee Middle School?
At Coffee Middle School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 23% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Coffee Middle School public or private?
Coffee Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coffee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.