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Enrollment
529
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY·NCES 130186002547
Yeager Middle School
4000 Kings Hwy, Douglasville, GA 30135 · (770) 651-5600 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- C+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
14.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
419 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 | 192 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 174 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 163 | 31% |
Student demographics
65%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
30.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.0pp since 2021
Math
28.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.9% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 21.3% |
| 2022-23 | 37.8% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 16.7% |
% 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Yeager Middle School
Yeager Middle School's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeager Middle School this school | 529 | 79.2% | 36.7% |
| Southwest Middle School Savannah | 528 | 80.9% | 15.6% |
| West Chatham Middle School Pooler | 713 | 78.1% | 18.0% |
| Stockbridge Middle School Stockbridge | 673 | 81.6% | 17.3% |
| Chestnut Log Middle School Douglasville | 719 | 84.0% | 26.9% |
| Mercer Middle School Garden City | 512 | 84.6% | 12.2% |
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 Yeager Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #242 of 470 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #330 of 474 ▲ 26 | #4 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #290 of 474 ▼ 17 | #4 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #296 of 465 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #361 of 487 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #308 of 471 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #103 of 471 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #252 of 479 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #261 of 305 | #5 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
529
-55 (-9%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 529 | 35.5 | 14.9:1 | 79% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 80% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 38.5 | 14.1:1 | 70% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 61% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 35.5 | 15.3:1 | 72% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 70% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 63% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yeager Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (544 to 529); teachers unchanged (35.5 to 35.5).
About Yeager Middle School
Yeager Middle School is a middle school in Douglasville, Georgia, according to federal school records. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 529 students. The school's enrollment is 31% smaller than the 763 average for middle schools in Georgia.
Douglas County has 25,521 students spread across 35 schools.
Black students make up a majority at Yeager Middle School, at 50%. The next largest groups are 27% Hispanic, 14% White, and 6% multiracial. The Black share in Douglas County as a whole is similar, at about 50%. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1, with 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Yeager Middle School is 79%. It compares with 71% for public schools in Douglas County.
The allk12 Grade for Yeager Middle School is B-. Compared with Georgia public middle schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 36.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Douglas County, the median household income is $82,984, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Douglas County is home to 37 public schools and about 26,121 public school students.
Dorsett Shoals Elementary School is located about 0.9 miles from Yeager Middle School. The five-mile area around Yeager Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 30.7%, lower than Yeager Middle School's 36.7%.
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.
Over 4 years, Yeager Middle School's enrollment dropped 9%, to 529.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Nearby schools
- Dorsett Shoals Elementary School0.9 mi · 404
- Alexander High School1.2 mi · 1,830
- Arbor Station Elementary School1.5 mi · 544
- Bill Arp Elementary School1.6 mi · 645
- Chapel Hill Elementary School2.0 mi · 620
- Bright Star Elementary School2.1 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Yeager Middle SchoolHow large is Yeager Middle School?
Yeager Middle School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades 06-08.
Is Yeager Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Yeager Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Yeager Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Yeager Middle School is approximately 14.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Yeager Middle School?
Yeager Middle School reports a student body of 14% White, 27% Hispanic, 50% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Yeager Middle School public or private?
Yeager Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.