Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387001452
Davis Elementary School
1822 Shepherd Dr, Columbus, GA 31906 · (706) 748-2638 · Muscogee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
387 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
7.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.3pp since 2021
Math
5.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.2% | 5.5% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 11.6% |
| 2022-23 | 7.0% | 6.4% |
| 2021-22 | 6.9% | 4.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Davis Elementary School
Davis Elementary School's state test result (10.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Elementary School this school | 387 | 100.0% | 10.2% |
| Northside Elementary School Albany | 381 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
| Monte Sano Elementary School Augusta | 410 | 100.0% | 15.9% |
| Lonnie Jackson Academy Columbus | 395 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| Tobacco Road Elementary School Augusta | 411 | 100.0% | 15.5% |
| Lamar - Milledge Elementary School Augusta | 366 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
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 Davis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #1,195 of 1,208 | #29 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #1,213 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #30 of 32 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #1,208 of 1,215 ▼ 43 | #30 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #695 of 1,183 | #14 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #1,119 of 1,324 | #21 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #572 of 1,301 | #9 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #1,061 of 1,301 | #26 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #331 of 1,312 | #20 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #348 of 386 | #7 of 8 |
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
387
+110 (+40%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 387 | 29.5 | 13.1:1 | 100% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 292 | 24.1 | 12.1:1 | 100% (292) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 25.5 | 12.6:1 | 97% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 97% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 94% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 24 | 18.6:1 | 99% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 94% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 96% (535) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 32 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Davis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (381 to 387); teachers up 18% (25 to 29.5).
About Davis Elementary School
Davis Elementary School is a small elementary school found in Columbus, Georgia. A total of 387 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
Davis Elementary School sits within Muscogee County, which has 54 schools and 30,091 students.
The large majority of students at Davis Elementary School, 83%, are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% multiracial, 5% White, and 3% Hispanic. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 47%. By the diversity index, Davis Elementary School comes in at 31%.
Davis Elementary School counts 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.1 students for each one. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 86% average for public schools in Muscogee County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Davis Elementary School would score about 25.7%. It scores 10.2%, a bottom-10% result among Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Muscogee County show that median household income is about $58,073, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. A total of 57 public schools operate in Muscogee County, serving about 30,110 students.
Brewer Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Davis Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Davis Elementary School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Federal counts put enrollment at 277 in 2020-21 and 387 in 2024-25, a 40% gain.
Discussions about Davis Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Muscogee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,711
Census ACS
Median income
$58,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
30,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muscogee County
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Hardaway High SchoolHigh · 1,067 students
- Jordan Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,040 students
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
Other schools in Columbus
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Hardaway High SchoolHigh · 1,067 students
- Jordan Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,040 students
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
Other Davis Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 17 states are named Davis Elementary. Davis Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 24.
- Davis Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 635 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolTrenton, GA · 259 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 831 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolSouthampton, PA · 785 students
- Davis ElementaryCOLLEGE PLACE, WA · 698 students
Nearby schools
- Brewer Elementary School1.0 mi · 367
- Wynnton Elementary School1.0 mi · 332
- Carver High School1.2 mi · 887
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School1.3 mi · 487
- Columbus High School1.5 mi · 1,161
- Rigdon Road Elementary School1.6 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Davis Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
Is Davis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Davis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Davis Elementary School have?
Davis Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Davis Elementary School?
At Davis Elementary School, the student body is approximately 5% White, 3% Hispanic, 83% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Davis Elementary School?
Davis Elementary School is overseen by Muscogee County in Muscogee County.
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