Dearing Elementary School

Dearing Elementary School, a small elementary school in Dearing, Georgia, overseen by McDuffie County, educates 414 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.

Within McDuffie County, which oversees 6 schools and 3,088 students, Dearing Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Dearing Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with McDuffie County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Dearing Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dearing Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.0%, the actual is 41.7%, a residual of +5.7 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for McDuffie County indicate median household income runs about $56,733, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Across McDuffie County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,088 students), Dearing Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

North Harlem Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Dearing Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Dearing Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 414 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Dearing Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.