Douglas Benold Middle School

Size

Douglas Benold Middle School is the smallest of Georgetown ISD's 4 middle schools; its 720 students are 5.2% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 10.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 895; Douglas Benold Middle School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 6 with 245 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 235, against an average of 240 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 245 in grade 6 and 235 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 59.3% here and 38.7% across Georgetown ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 28.7%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

21.3% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 38.5% across Georgetown ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 51.27 full-time-equivalent teachers for 720 students, Douglas Benold Middle School has 14 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 720 students would have about 50 teachers, so Douglas Benold Middle School has 1.3 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

Douglas Benold Middle School is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other middle school is Florence Middle School, 5.9 miles away in Florence ISD. Within 10 miles there are 3 other middle schools, 0 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.