Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387001425
Dimon Elementary
480 Dogwood Dr, Columbus, GA 31907 · (706) 683-8772 · Muscogee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
358 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 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
41%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
25.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
20.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.9% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 21.1% |
| 2022-23 | 28.1% | 18.2% |
| 2021-22 | 23.1% | 19.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Dimon Elementary
Dimon Elementary's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimon Elementary this school | 358 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Glenn Hills Elementary School Augusta | 370 | 100.0% | 9.4% |
| Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy Columbus | 382 | 100.0% | 34.6% |
| Livingston Elementary School Covington | 357 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| Porterdale Elementary School Covington | 405 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School Athens | 322 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
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 Dimon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #967 of 1,208 | #14 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,055 of 1,215 ▼ 38 | #14 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #853 of 1,215 ▲ 102 | #14 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #596 of 1,183 | #11 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #1,165 of 1,324 | #25 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #356 of 1,301 | #8 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #939 of 1,301 | #20 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #317 of 1,312 | #6 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #110 of 854 | #7 of 22 |
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
358
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 358 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 100% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 24.5 | 13.5:1 | 92% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 23.5 | 14.0:1 | 97% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 97% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 94% (468) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 99% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 79% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 71% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 26 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dimon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (496 to 358); teachers unchanged (29 to 29).
About Dimon Elementary
Dimon Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Columbus, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 358 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Georgia enroll around 605, and this school is 41% below that mark.
Dimon Elementary is one of the 54 schools that make up Muscogee County (30,091 students in total).
The share of Black students at Dimon Elementary is 75%, a majority. Other students are 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% White. That is higher than the 47% Black share among all Muscogee County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
Its staff includes 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 1.0 students per teacher. Roughly 100% of students at Dimon Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 86% average for public schools in Muscogee County is 14 points.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Dimon Elementary is -2.4 points: 23.3% actual, 25.7% predicted.
Census data for Muscogee County show median household income comes to about $58,073, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 57 public schools and about 30,110 students.
St. Marys Video and Communication Technology, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Dimon Elementary is 1st among 8 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (355) to 2024-25 (358). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.3:1, from 14.8:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- St. Marys Video and Communication Technology0.8 mi · 418
- Lonnie Jackson Academy0.9 mi · 395
- Rothschild Leadership Academy School1.0 mi · 498
- Dawson Elementary School1.1 mi · 311
- Mary A Buckner Academy1.2 mi · 789
- Carver High School1.5 mi · 887
Frequently asked questions
About Dimon ElementaryHow large is Dimon Elementary?
Dimon Elementary enrolls approximately 358 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Dimon Elementary serve?
Dimon Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dimon Elementary?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Dimon Elementary.
How diverse is Dimon Elementary?
Dimon Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 12% Hispanic, 75% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Dimon Elementary?
Dimon Elementary is overseen by Muscogee County in Muscogee County.
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