Bright Star Elementary School

Bright Star Elementary School, a tight-knit elementary school in Douglasville, Georgia, part of Douglas County, serves 481 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 20% below typical.

Within Douglas County, which oversees 35 schools and 25,521 students, Bright Star Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bright Star Elementary School shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 50% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bright Star Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Douglas County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bright Star Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.2%; this one delivers 37.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Douglas County reports that median household income runs about $82,984, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Douglas County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students), of which Bright Star Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Arbor Station Elementary School, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bright Star Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bright Star Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 477 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 14% to 8%.

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