Doerun Elementary School

Doerun Elementary School is an intimate elementary school in Doerun, Georgia, overseen by Colquitt County. The school caters to 252 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Doerun Elementary School sits 58% smaller than that benchmark.

Colquitt County comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,767 students; Doerun Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Doerun Elementary School reports that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 30% Black, 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Colquitt County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Doerun Elementary School lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Doerun Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Doerun Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Doerun Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 24.9%, a residual of -0.8 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Colquitt County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,341, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Doerun Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Colquitt County (combined enrollment of about 8,767 students).

Nearest neighbor: Okapilco Elementary School, around 8.7 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Doerun Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 29.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 252 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 46% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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