Douglas Elementary School

Douglas Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Douglas, Alabama, part of Marshall County. Current enrollment sits at 521 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Across the 14 schools in Marshall County (6,494 students total), Douglas Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Douglas Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% Hispanic. By comparison, Marshall County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Douglas Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marshall County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Douglas Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.1%; this one delivers 36.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marshall County indicate median household income runs about $62,571, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Douglas Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 19,416 students).

Nearest neighbor: Robert D Sloman Primary, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Douglas Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Douglas Elementary School has increased 3%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 58% to 54%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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