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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY·NCES 130186000855
Arbor Station Elementary School
9999 Parkway S, Douglasville, GA 30135 · (770) 651-3000 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
407 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
63%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
30.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.1pp since 2021
Math
38.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.1pp 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 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.8% | 37.6% |
| 2022-23 | 29.8% | 34.5% |
| 2021-22 | 30.6% | 31.7% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Arbor Station Elementary School
Arbor Station Elementary School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbor Station Elementary School this school | 544 | 74.8% | 35.0% |
| Mount Carmel Elementary School Hampton | 547 | 76.6% | 33.8% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School Stockbridge | 522 | 73.9% | 29.4% |
| Cotton Indian Elementary School Stockbridge | 545 | 80.4% | 22.6% |
| Lorraine Elementary School Stockbridge | 571 | 73.2% | 35.8% |
| Flippen Elementary School McDonough | 559 | 69.6% | 32.0% |
Matched among Georgia elementary 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 Arbor Station Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #670 of 1,208 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #639 of 1,215 ▲ 21 | #9 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #697 of 1,215 ▲ 27 | #14 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #490 of 1,183 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #758 of 1,324 | #8 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,071 of 1,301 | #12 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.7% | #388 of 1,301 | #8 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #780 of 1,312 | #14 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #444 of 854 | #8 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
544
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 544 | 36.5 | 14.9:1 | 75% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 36.7 | 15.4:1 | 77% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 37.6 | 14.9:1 | 66% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 55% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 64% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 60% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 50% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 20% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 30 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arbor Station Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (624 to 544); teachers down 9% (40 to 36.5).
About Arbor Station Elementary School
Arbor Station Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Douglas County in Douglasville, Georgia. The school enrolls 544 students, from pre-K through 5.
Arbor Station Elementary School is one of the 35 schools that make up Douglas County (25,521 students in total).
Arbor Station Elementary School's enrollment is 55% Black. Next come 23% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By the diversity index, Arbor Station Elementary School comes in at 63%.
A ratio of 14.9:1 comes from the school's 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 75% in 2024-25.
allk12 grades Arbor Station Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Arbor Station Elementary School is -3.7 points: 35.0% actual, 38.7% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Douglas County show that median household income is about $82,984, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 37 public schools operate in Douglas County, serving about 26,121 students.
Yeager Middle School is located about 1.5 miles from Arbor Station Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 35.0% is below the 37.6% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Arbor Station Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 562 in 2020-21 and 544 in 2024-25, a decrease of 18 students.
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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
- Yeager Middle School1.5 mi · 529
- Zest Preparatory Academy School1.8 mi · 209
- Bright Star Elementary School1.9 mi · 481
- Chapel Hill Elementary School2.0 mi · 620
- Dorsett Shoals Elementary School2.1 mi · 404
- Douglas County High School2.2 mi · 1,958
Frequently asked questions
About Arbor Station Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Arbor Station Elementary School?
Arbor Station Elementary School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Arbor Station Elementary School serve?
Arbor Station Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Arbor Station Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Arbor Station Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arbor Station Elementary School?
At Arbor Station Elementary School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 23% Hispanic, 55% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Arbor Station Elementary School public or private?
Arbor Station Elementary 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.