DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE

DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE operates as a mid-tier middle-grades school in GEORGETOWN, Texas, operated by GEORGETOWN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 720 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

GEORGETOWN ISD runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 13,881 students. DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE reports that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. Compared to Williamson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.6%, the actual is 55.5%, a residual of -9.1 points.

In the area at large, Williamson County reports that median household income runs about $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SAN GABRIEL EL, roughly 5.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DOUGLAS BENOLD MIDDLE has declined 19%, going from 891 students in 2018 to 720 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 64% to 59% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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