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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Stallings Island Middle School this year?
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Enrollment
729
Middle
DISTRICT 852 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA COUNTY·NCES 130141003694
Stallings Island Middle School
3830 Blackstone Camp Rd, Martinez, GA 30907 · (706) 447-2106 · Columbia County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Georgia public middle schools
- ATest 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.
- BThree-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
16.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
180 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 261 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 239 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 229 | 31% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
70.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.7pp since 2021
Math
72.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.4% | 72.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.7% | 68.6% |
| 2022-23 | 71.8% | 66.2% |
| 2021-22 | 65.7% | 66.7% |
% 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Stallings Island Middle School
Stallings Island Middle School's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stallings Island Middle School this school | 729 | 24.7% | 68.7% |
| Simpson Middle School Marietta | 884 | 19.7% | 69.5% |
| J.C. Booth Middle School Peachtree City | 1,115 | 24.5% | 69.1% |
| Malcom Bridge Middle School Bogart | 548 | 17.2% | 79.6% |
| Mabry Middle School Marietta | 938 | 14.5% | 70.3% |
| North Forsyth Middle School Cumming | 1,164 | 29.2% | 46.8% |
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 Stallings Island Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #38 of 470 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #39 of 474 ▲ 4 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #24 of 474 no change | #3 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #202 of 465 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #246 of 487 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #419 of 471 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #147 of 471 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.7% | #442 of 479 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #93 of 144 | #4 of 6 |
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
729
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 729 | 43.8 | 16.6:1 | 25% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 46.2 | 14.9:1 | 27% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 44.4 | 15.5:1 | 17% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 43 | 16.5:1 | 15% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 42.5 | 16.3:1 | 19% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 15% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 10% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stallings Island Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (693 to 729); teachers up 3% (42.5 to 43.8).
About Stallings Island Middle School
Stallings Island Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Martinez, Georgia, one of the schools in Columbia County. The school has 729 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Stallings Island Middle School is part of a district of 31 schools: Columbia County, with 28,964 students.
At Stallings Island Middle School, 57% of students are White. Other students are 16% Asian, 12% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 66% White share among all Columbia County residents. The diversity index for Stallings Island Middle School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.6 students per teacher. Compared with the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 25% of students at Stallings Island Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Columbia County, the average is 39%.
Stallings Island Middle School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Georgia public middle schools.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Stallings Island Middle School's results are 4.1 points above predicted: 68.7% against 64.6%.
In Columbia County, median household income comes to about $95,592, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 32, with about 29,518 students.
The closest school to Stallings Island Middle School is Stevens Creek Elementary School, located about 0.6 miles away. Stallings Island Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Stallings Island Middle School at 4th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 711 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 729 by 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,434
Census ACS
Median income
$95,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
29,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia County
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
Other schools in Martinez
- Stevens Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 759 students
- Martinez Elementary SchoolElementary · 731 students
- Westmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 720 students
- South Columbia Elementary SchoolElementary · 398 students
Nearby schools
- Stevens Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 759
- River Ridge Elementary1.8 mi · 789
- Lakeside High School1.9 mi · 1,861
- Lakeside Middle School2.1 mi · 498
- Blue Ridge Elementary School2.1 mi · 612
- Riverside Middle School2.3 mi · 711
Frequently asked questions
About Stallings Island Middle SchoolHow many students attend Stallings Island Middle School?
Stallings Island Middle School enrolls approximately 729 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Stallings Island Middle School serve?
Stallings Island Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Stallings Island Middle School have?
Stallings Island Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stallings Island Middle School?
At Stallings Island Middle School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 8% Hispanic, 12% Black, 16% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Stallings Island Middle School public or private?
Stallings Island Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.