Dorsett Shoals Elementary School

Dorsett Shoals Elementary School operates as a cozy elementary campus in Douglasville, Georgia, one of the schools within Douglas County. Current enrollment sits at 404 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Dorsett Shoals Elementary School sits 33% below that benchmark.

Douglas County runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 25,521 students. Dorsett Shoals Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dorsett Shoals Elementary School lists that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 26% Hispanic, 24% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 50% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dorsett Shoals Elementary School logs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Dorsett Shoals Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the area at large, Douglas County reports that median household income runs about $82,984, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Douglas County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students), Dorsett Shoals Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Yeager Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dorsett Shoals Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.5%.

Dorsett Shoals Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Dorsett Shoals Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 453 (now 404). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 44% to 24% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Dorsett Shoals Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.