Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLQUITT COUNTY·NCES 130138000585
Doerun Elementary School
111 Mathis Ave, Doerun, GA 31744 · (229) 782-5276 · Colquitt County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
252 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Doerun Elementary School→Willie J. Williams Middle School→CA Gray Junior High School→Colquitt County High School
Based on grade levels within Colquitt County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
23.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +13.6pp since 2021
Math
26.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 14 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.2% | 26.3% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.4% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 9.6% | 20.7% |
% 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
24.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Doerun Elementary School
Doerun Elementary School's state test result (24.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doerun Elementary School this school | 252 | 100.0% | 24.9% |
| Broxton-Mary Hayes Elementary Broxton | 304 | 100.0% | 37.9% |
| Chattahoochee County Education Center Cusseta | 285 | 94.7% | 42.6% |
| Ruskin Elementary School Waycross | 363 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
| North Brooks Elementary School Morven | 354 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Washington-Wilkes Elementary School Washington | 244 | 100.0% | 39.5% |
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 Doerun Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Colquitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #936 of 1,208 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #934 of 1,215 ▲ 105 | #8 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #927 of 1,215 ▼ 15 | #8 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.6pp | #149 of 1,183 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #1,279 of 1,324 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #124 of 1,301 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #253 of 1,301 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #137 of 1,312 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #104 of 854 | #2 of 10 |
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
252
-29 (-10%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 252 | 22.8 | 11.1:1 | 100% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 23.3 | 11.1:1 | 100% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 247 | 21.4 | 11.5:1 | 97% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 97% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 22.9 | 15.4:1 | 95% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 95% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 289 | 17 | 17.0:1 | 71% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 246 | 14 | 17.6:1 | 66% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 19 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Doerun Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (353 to 252); teachers unchanged (22.9 to 22.8).
About Doerun Elementary School
Doerun Elementary School, located in Doerun, Georgia, is a small elementary school. There are 252 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 58% below the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Colquitt County is responsible for 13 schools, Doerun Elementary School included, with 8,767 students in all.
No group is above 50% at Doerun Elementary School; the largest is White, at 46%. It is also 30% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Colquitt County's residents are about 56% White, 9 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Doerun Elementary School has 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Doerun Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (24.9% actual, 25.7% predicted).
The school's county is Colquitt County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $49,341 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Doerun Elementary School shares Colquitt County with 12 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Doerun Elementary School is closest to Okapilco Elementary School, about 8.7 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Doerun Elementary School is 7th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Doerun Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 29 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 11.1:1 over the same years.
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Colquitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,224
Census ACS
Median income
$49,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
8,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colquitt County
- Colquitt County High SchoolHigh · 1,932 students
- CA Gray Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,389 students
- Willie J. Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Norman Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Nearby schools
- Okapilco Elementary School8.7 mi · 360
- Funston Elementary School9.1 mi · 376
- CA Gray Junior High School11.7 mi · 1,389
- Colquitt County High School12.6 mi · 1,932
- Stringfellow Elementary School12.9 mi · 220
- Willie J. Williams Middle School13.1 mi · 1,285
Frequently asked questions
About Doerun Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Doerun Elementary School?
Doerun Elementary School enrolls approximately 252 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Doerun Elementary School serve?
Doerun Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Doerun Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Doerun Elementary School.
How diverse is Doerun Elementary School?
Doerun Elementary School reports a student body of 46% White, 19% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Doerun Elementary School?
Doerun Elementary School is overseen by Colquitt County in Colquitt County.
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