Factory Shoals Elementary School

Set in Lithia Springs, Georgia, Factory Shoals Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus, run under Douglas County. It works with 697 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Factory Shoals Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 50%.

Looking at school resources, Factory Shoals Elementary School records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Factory Shoals Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.1%, the actual is 27.5%, a residual of -4.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,984 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Factory Shoals Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students).

The closest other public school is Sweetwater Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Factory Shoals Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Factory Shoals Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Factory Shoals Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 708 (now 697). The White share of enrollment fell from 15% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.