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Enrollment
533
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY·NCES 130186000861
Stewart Middle School
8138 Malone St, Douglasville, GA 30134 · (770) 651-5400 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL533 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Georgia public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
15.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
462 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 184 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 190 | 36% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
18.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -10.8pp since 2021
Math
17.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.9% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.2% | 18.4% |
| 2022-23 | 27.5% | 13.5% |
| 2021-22 | 29.8% | 16.5% |
% 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
23.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Stewart Middle School
Stewart Middle School's state test result (23.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Middle School this school | 533 | 86.7% | 23.9% |
| Myers Middle School Savannah | 503 | 93.2% | 9.9% |
| Hubert Middle School Savannah | 471 | 91.1% | 9.1% |
| Veterans Memorial Middle School Covington | 637 | 95.8% | 29.8% |
| Southwest Middle School Savannah | 528 | 80.9% | 15.6% |
| Stockbridge Middle School Stockbridge | 673 | 81.6% | 17.3% |
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 Stewart Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #364 of 470 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #411 of 474 ▼ 33 | #8 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #414 of 474 ▼ 78 | #8 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #16 of 465 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 533 | #356 of 487 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #353 of 471 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #346 of 471 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.7% | #218 of 479 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #190 of 305 | #3 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
533
-71 (-12%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 625
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 533 | 34.5 | 15.4:1 | 87% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 34.6 | 15.7:1 | 79% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 37.1 | 14.9:1 | 82% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 75% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 82% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 85% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 32 | 8.8:1 | 92% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 42 | 17.2:1 | 55% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 625 | 34 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stewart Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (575 to 533); teachers down 9% (38 to 34.5).
About Stewart Middle School
Stewart Middle School is a small middle school in Douglasville, Georgia, one of the schools in Douglas County. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 533 students. For comparison, middle schools in Georgia average about 763 students.
Douglas County has 25,521 students in 35 schools, and Stewart Middle School is one of those schools.
Stewart Middle School's enrollment is 73% Black. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Douglas County's population at about 50%. By the diversity index, Stewart Middle School comes in at 43%.
The school has about 15.4 students per teacher and 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 87%. Public schools in Douglas County average 71%.
Measured against Georgia public middle schools, Stewart Middle School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Stewart Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 32.6%. Stewart Middle School scores 23.9%, 8.7 points below that line.
Across Douglas County, median household income is about $82,984, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Stewart Middle School is among the 37 public schools in Douglas County.
Nearest public school: Burnett Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Stewart Middle School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 533, 12% below the 604 of 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
147,888
Census ACS
Median income
$82,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
26,121 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other schools in Douglasville
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other Stewart Middle schools
One other US public school is named Stewart Middle. Stewart Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Stewart Middle SchoolTacoma, WA · 650 students
Nearby schools
- Burnett Elementary School1.0 mi · 380
- Douglas County High School1.1 mi · 1,958
- Eastside Elementary School1.1 mi · 433
- Brighten Academy1.8 mi · 812
- North Douglas Elementary School2.1 mi · 537
- Beulah Elementary School2.7 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Stewart Middle SchoolHow many students attend Stewart Middle School?
Stewart Middle School enrolls approximately 533 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Stewart Middle School serve?
Stewart Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Stewart Middle School?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at Stewart Middle School.
How diverse is Stewart Middle School?
Stewart Middle School reports a student body of 2% White, 19% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Stewart Middle School in?
Stewart Middle School is part of Douglas County.
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