Dawson Elementary School

As a small elementary-level community in Columbus, Georgia, Dawson Elementary School educates 311 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Muscogee County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Dawson Elementary School sits 49% below that benchmark.

Dawson Elementary School is one of 54 schools operated by Muscogee County, a district that works with 30,091 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Dawson Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

On the resource side, On paper, Dawson Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Dawson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

With demographic context factored in, Dawson 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 12.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Muscogee County shows median household earnings sit near $58,073, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Muscogee County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), Dawson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mary A Buckner Academy, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dawson Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 15.2%.

Dawson Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 6-year window. Dawson Elementary School's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 268 (now 311). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 91% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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