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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 307 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TERRELL COUNTY·NCES 130486001660
Cooper-Carver Elementary School
455 Greenwave Blvd, Dawson, GA 39842 · (229) 995-2843 · Terrell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
15.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
440 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Terrell County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
28.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +11.0pp since 2021
Math
22.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 27.3% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 27.4% |
| 2021-22 | 17.8% | 18.2% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Cooper-Carver Elementary School
Cooper-Carver Elementary School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper-Carver Elementary School this school | 440 | 100.0% | 27.5% |
| Meadowbrook Elementary School Augusta | 447 | 100.0% | 13.5% |
| Lee Elementary School College Park | 438 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| Marbut Elementary School Lithonia | 427 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| Cirrus Charter Academy Macon | 429 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Fairington Elementary School Lithonia | 461 | 100.0% | 14.9% |
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 Cooper-Carver Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #870 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,026 of 1,215 ▼ 124 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #759 of 1,215 ▲ 138 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #244 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #996 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,141 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #1,186 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #400 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.6% | #48 of 854 |
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
440
-118 (-21%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 455
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 440 | 28.9 | 15.2:1 | 100% (440) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 29.8 | 15.1:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 31.9 | 15.1:1 | 100% (482) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 100% (558) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 39.5 | 17.3:1 | 20% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 99% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 84% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 25 | 20.5:1 | 87% (443) |
| 1990-91 | 455 | 38 | 12.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper-Carver Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (683 to 440); teachers down 27% (39.5 to 28.9).
About Cooper-Carver Elementary School
Cooper-Carver Elementary School, a small elementary school, is located in Dawson, Georgia. Total enrollment is 440 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 27% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
Across its 3 schools, Terrell County enrolls 921 students. Cooper-Carver Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 89% of students at Cooper-Carver Elementary School are Black. Other students are 4% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Terrell County residents are about 60% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cooper-Carver Elementary School scores 21%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. The school has 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cooper-Carver Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 41% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Cooper-Carver Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.5%, compared with a predicted 25.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Terrell County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $46,171, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and roughly 26% of residents are in poverty. The county has 4 public schools and about 935 students.
Terrell High School sits about 0.2 miles from Cooper-Carver Elementary School. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Cooper-Carver Elementary School ranks 3rd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 21% decrease took enrollment from 558 in 2020-21 to 440 in 2024-25.
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Terrell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,850
Census ACS
Median income
$46,171
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
26%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
935 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Terrell County
- Terrell High SchoolHigh · 266 students
- Terrell Middle SchoolMiddle · 215 students
Other schools in Dawson
- Terrell High SchoolHigh · 266 students
- Terrell Middle SchoolMiddle · 215 students
- Terrell Regional Youth Detention CenterHigh · 14 students
Nearby schools
- Terrell High School0.2 mi · 266
- Terrell Middle School0.2 mi · 215
- Terrell Regional Youth Detention Center0.9 mi · 14
- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academy11.7 mi · 522
- Live Oak Elementary School14.3 mi · 833
- Twin Oaks Elementary14.6 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper-Carver Elementary SchoolHow large is Cooper-Carver Elementary School?
Cooper-Carver Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cooper-Carver Elementary School serve?
Cooper-Carver Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cooper-Carver Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cooper-Carver Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cooper-Carver Elementary School?
At Cooper-Carver Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 4% Hispanic, 89% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Cooper-Carver Elementary School public or private?
Cooper-Carver Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Terrell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.