East Laurens Elementary School

East Laurens Elementary School is one of the close-knit primary schools in East Dublin, Georgia, run under Laurens County, with 467 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 8 schools in Laurens County (6,308 students total), East Laurens Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, East Laurens Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 41% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Laurens County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Laurens County (around 91%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Laurens Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.7%; East Laurens Elementary School posts 43.0%, +17.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Laurens County indicate median household income runs about $55,010, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Laurens County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,693 students), East Laurens Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Laurens Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Laurens Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 27.9%.

East Laurens Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Laurens Elementary School has shrank 27%, going from 643 students in 2018 to 467 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On this page, members of the East Laurens Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.