Dug Gap Elementary School

Dug Gap Elementary School operates as a modestly sized primary school in Dalton, Georgia, operated by Whitfield County. Current enrollment sits at 356 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 605.

Whitfield County comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 11,942 students; Dug Gap Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dug Gap Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dug Gap Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Whitfield County (around 83%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dug Gap Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 26.8%; this one delivers 44.4%, a residual of +17.6 points.

In the area at large, Whitfield County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,070 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Whitfield County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,570 students), of which Dug Gap Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brookwood Elementary School, around 2.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Dug Gap Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

Dug Gap Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Dug Gap Elementary School's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 356). The White share of enrollment shrank from 32% to 27% over that span.

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