Dawnville Elementary School

Located at 1380 Dawnville Rd NE, in Dalton, Georgia, Dawnville Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary school that teaches 413 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Whitfield County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 32% below typical.

Within Whitfield County, which oversees 22 schools and 11,942 students, Dawnville Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dawnville Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 36% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Whitfield County as a whole is about 37% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Dawnville Elementary School records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Whitfield County's rate of about 83%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dawnville Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Whitfield County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,070, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dawnville Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Whitfield County (combined enrollment of about 19,570 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cedar Ridge Elementary, around 3.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dawnville Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Dawnville Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.

Dawnville Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Dawnville Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 495 (now 413). White enrollment moved from 41% to 36% across the same window.

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