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If you had an hour of school board time for William James Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
536
Middle
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BULLOCH COUNTY·NCES 130063002236
William James Middle School
18809 US Highway 80 W, Statesboro, GA 30458 · (912) 212-8820 · Bulloch County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Georgia public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- B-Three-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
13.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
463 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 192 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 165 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 179 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
33.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
36.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 36.9% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 33.3% | 26.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.3% | 27.8% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 William James Middle School
William James Middle School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William James Middle School this school | 536 | 86.4% | 38.9% |
| Waycross Middle School Waycross | 606 | 90.8% | 36.0% |
| Thomson-McDuffie Middle School Thomson | 667 | 90.1% | 27.4% |
| Clarke Middle School Athens | 718 | 83.8% | 38.1% |
| Byron Middle School Byron | 452 | 84.7% | 38.4% |
| Screven County Middle School Sylvania | 452 | 81.0% | 36.4% |
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 William James Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #218 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #256 of 474 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #254 of 474 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #210 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #353 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #170 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #190 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #220 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #85 of 305 |
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
536
-64 (-11%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 536 | 39.8 | 13.5:1 | 86% (463) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 80% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 577 | 39.6 | 14.6:1 | 66% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 55% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 39.5 | 16.4:1 | 57% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 55% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 56% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 51% (292) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William James Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (649 to 536); teachers up 1% (39.5 to 39.8).
About William James Middle School
William James Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school with its address in Statesboro, Georgia. The school had 536 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Georgia) has about 763 students.
Bulloch County (15 schools, 10,999 students) runs William James Middle School.
Black students account for 53% of enrollment at William James Middle School. The remaining students are 35% White, 8% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Bulloch County is about 28% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at William James Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
William James Middle School operates with 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.5:1. Middle schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 14.1:1. William James Middle School reports 86% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is close to the 87% average for public schools in Bulloch County.
allk12 grades William James Middle School a B. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
William James Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (38.9%) and its predicted rate (32.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
In Bulloch County (population about 82,683), median household income is about $58,810, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 16 public schools operate in Bulloch County, serving about 11,194 students.
Of nearby public schools, Mattie Lively Elementary School is the closest, at about 2.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 29.6%, lower than William James Middle School's 38.9%.
William James Middle School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 536 was 11% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 600. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.2:1 to 13.5:1.
Discussions about William James Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Bulloch County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,683
Census ACS
Median income
$58,810
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
11,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bulloch County
- Statesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,801 students
- Southeast Bulloch High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Southeast Bulloch Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- Brooklet Elementary SchoolElementary · 808 students
- Langston Chapel Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Julia P. Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
Other schools in Statesboro
- Statesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,801 students
- Langston Chapel Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Julia P. Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Sallie Zetterower Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Langston Chapel Elementary SchoolElementary · 647 students
- Mattie Lively Elementary SchoolElementary · 607 students
Other William James Middle schools
One other US public school is named William James Middle. William James Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- William James Middle SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 710 students
Nearby schools
- Mattie Lively Elementary School2.1 mi · 607
- Julia P. Bryant Elementary School2.7 mi · 712
- Statesboro STEAM Academy3.4 mi · 195
- Statesboro High School4.4 mi · 1,801
- Mill Creek Elementary School4.6 mi · 602
- Sallie Zetterower Elementary School6.0 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About William James Middle SchoolHow large is William James Middle School?
William James Middle School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does William James Middle School serve?
William James Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does William James Middle School have?
William James Middle School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at William James Middle School?
At William James Middle School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 8% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is William James Middle School public or private?
William James Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bulloch County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.