Cooper-Carver Elementary School

Cooper-Carver Elementary School is a K-5 school of small scale in Dawson, Georgia, overseen by Terrell County, instructing 440 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Terrell County runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 921 students. Cooper-Carver Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cooper-Carver Elementary School lists that nearly all students (89%) are Black; the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the resource side, Cooper-Carver Elementary School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Cooper-Carver Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cooper-Carver Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 27.5%.

In the area at large, census data for Terrell County shows the typical household earns roughly $46,171 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 26% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Terrell County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 935 students), Cooper-Carver Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Terrell Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Cooper-Carver Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cooper-Carver Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cooper-Carver Elementary School has edged down 36%, going from 683 students in 2018 to 440 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

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