Double Churches Middle School

Double Churches Middle School is a middle-grades school of tight-knit scale in Columbus, Georgia, run under Muscogee County, teacheing 429 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

Across the 54 schools in Muscogee County (30,091 students total), Double Churches Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Double Churches Middle School logs that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 21% White, 12% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Double Churches Middle School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Double Churches Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 22.9%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Muscogee County put median household income runs about $58,073, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Muscogee County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), of which Double Churches Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Double Churches Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Double Churches Middle School. On composite proficiency, Double Churches Middle School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 429 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 39% to 21% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.