Stewart Middle School

Stewart Middle School is a compact middle-grades school in Douglasville, Georgia, run under Douglas County. The school works with 533 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 30% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Across the 35 schools in Douglas County (25,521 students total), Stewart Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stewart Middle School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 50% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Stewart Middle School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Stewart Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Douglas County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, Stewart Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.6%, the actual is 23.9%, a residual of -8.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Douglas County) shows that median household earnings sit near $82,984, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Douglas County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students), of which Stewart Middle School is one.

Burnett Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stewart Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stewart Middle School has decreased 7%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 533 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 80% to 73% over that span.

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