Chapel Hill Elementary School

Chapel Hill Elementary School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in Douglasville, Georgia, operated by Douglas County, educateing 620 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Chapel Hill Elementary School lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 9% 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, Chapel Hill Elementary School reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Chapel Hill Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at Chapel Hill Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chapel Hill Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.6%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -9.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Douglas County) logs that median household income runs about $82,984, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Douglas County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students), Chapel Hill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Youth Villages at Inner Harbour, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chapel Hill Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.7%.

Chapel Hill Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 18%: 754 students in 2018 compared to 620 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 20% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Chapel Hill Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.