Dimon Elementary

Dimon Elementary is a small elementary-level community in Columbus, Georgia, one of the schools within Muscogee County. The school serves 358 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 41% below typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dimon Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 75%; the rest consists of 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Muscogee County as a whole is about 47% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Dimon Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Muscogee County (around 86%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Dimon Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 23.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Muscogee County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,073, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Muscogee County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), of which Dimon Elementary is one.

St. Marys Video and Communication Technology is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dimon Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dimon Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 12.1%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Dimon Elementary's enrollment has shrank 28% since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 358). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 86% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.