Stallings Island Middle School

Stallings Island Middle School, a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Martinez, Georgia, operated by Columbia County, serves 729 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Columbia County runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 28,964 students. Stallings Island Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Stallings Island Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest looks like 16% Asian, 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Columbia County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Columbia County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stallings Island Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Columbia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,592 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Stallings Island Middle School is one of 32 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 29,518 students).

Stevens Creek Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stallings Island Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stallings Island Middle School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 5%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 729 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 57% across the same window.

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