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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Indian Creek Elementary?
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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COFFEE COUNTY·NCES 130135002306
Indian Creek Elementary
2033 Ga Highway 158 W, Douglas, GA 31535 · (912) 393-1300 · Coffee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
675 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Indian Creek Elementary→Coffee Middle School
Based on grade levels within Coffee County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.4pp since 2021
Math
43.4%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
675
-91 (-12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.2:1
% White
55%
was 61%
% Hispanic
24%
was 19%
% Black
17%
was 17%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Indian Creek Elementary
Set in Douglas, Georgia, Indian Creek Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus, part of Coffee County. It teaches 675 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 12 schools in Coffee County (7,640 students total), Indian Creek Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Indian Creek Elementary lists that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, Indian Creek Elementary shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Indian Creek Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Indian Creek Elementary sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.7%; actual is 46.3%, +20.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Coffee County indicate median household earnings sit near $50,683, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Indian Creek Elementary is one of 12 public schools in Coffee County (combined enrollment of about 7,640 students).
Nearest neighbor: Wiregrass Regional College and Career Academy, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Indian Creek Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Indian Creek Elementary has fell 12%, going from 766 students in 2018 to 675 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 61% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Coffee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,347
Census ACS
Median income
$50,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
7,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coffee County
- Coffee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,591 students
- Coffee County High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- Satilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- George Washington Carver Freshman CampusHigh · 493 students
Other schools in Douglas
- Coffee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,591 students
- Coffee County High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- Satilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- George Washington Carver Freshman CampusHigh · 493 students
Nearby schools
- Wiregrass Regional College and Career Academy1.6 mi · 215
- Westside Elementary School1.9 mi · 625
- George Washington Carver Freshman Campus2.3 mi · 493
- Eastside Elementary School3.0 mi · 575
- Coffee Middle School4.4 mi · 1,591
- Coffee County High School4.4 mi · 1,373
Frequently asked questions
About Indian Creek ElementaryHow large is Indian Creek Elementary?
Indian Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 675 students in grades PK-05.
Is Indian Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Indian Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Indian Creek Elementary have?
Indian Creek Elementary employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Indian Creek Elementary?
Student demographics at Indian Creek Elementary are roughly 55% White, 24% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Indian Creek Elementary in?
Indian Creek Elementary is part of Coffee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.