Stewart Middle School, Douglasville GA

Original Research by School Decision on Stewart Middle School

Stewart Middle School serves grades six through eight in Douglasville, Georgia, a growing suburban city west of Atlanta. The school enrolls a student body that is predominantly Black, with a substantial Hispanic population and a small number of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic makeup of the area the school serves.

On state assessments, Stewart's proficiency rates are low across all tested subjects. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from under ten percent in sixth grade to around twenty-three percent in seventh grade, settling at roughly twenty-three percent by eighth grade. Math shows a similar pattern, with proficiency starting in the low teens in sixth grade and rising modestly to around twenty percent in eighth grade. Science and social studies proficiency in eighth grade, the only grades tested in those subjects, sit in the low twenties. When viewed together, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom tier relative to other districts in Douglas County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what support and intervention systems are in place for students working below grade level and how the school is addressing the achievement gap.

Stewart's enrollment is small for its grade band, distributed fairly evenly across the three middle grades. The school operates as a regular public school in Douglas County, which has invested in facility upgrades through voter-approved education sales tax funding and has maintained a pattern of millage-rate reductions over time, though assessments have continued to rise.

Douglasville itself is a mixed-use suburb in rapid growth, with a preserved historic downtown district alongside commercial corridors and expanding residential subdivisions. The city is anchored by healthcare, education, logistics, and emerging advanced manufacturing and data-center sectors. Schools in the county operate within this growth context, and the district continues to make capital investments, including the recent groundbreaking on a major replacement high school facility.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 611%

School 11% · District 25% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 713%

School 13% · District 28% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 821%

School 21% · District 36% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 610%

School 10% · District 35% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 724%

School 24% · District 36% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 823%

School 23% · District 35% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median

Science

Grade 818%

School 18% · District 35% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 34% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median

This schoolDouglas County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income40%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income24%Higher-income55%31 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income32%Higher-income38%6 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income27%Higher-income45%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income12%Higher-income13%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income10%Higher-income32%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income26%Higher-income38%11 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income16%Higher-income28%12 pp gap