Kilough Elementary School

Kilough Elementary School is one of the intimate primary schools in Dawsonville, Georgia, part of Dawson County, with 461 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Across the 7 schools in Dawson County (4,296 students total), Kilough Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Kilough Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Kilough Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at Kilough Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Kilough Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -6.8 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dawson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $92,991 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Dawson County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,296 students), of which Kilough Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Black's Mill Elementary School, roughly 4.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Kilough Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Kilough Elementary School's enrollment has increased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 461).

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