Mount Carmel Elementary School

Set in Douglasville, Georgia, Mount Carmel Elementary School is a cozy primary school, part of Douglas County. It instructs 425 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 35 schools in Douglas County (25,521 students total), Mount Carmel Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Mount Carmel Elementary School records that Black students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 50% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Douglas County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mount Carmel Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -3.1 points.

In the area at large, Douglas County reports that median household income runs about $82,984, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Douglas County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students), of which Mount Carmel Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Chestnut Log Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mount Carmel Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mount Carmel Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.8%.

Mount Carmel Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Mount Carmel Elementary School's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 425). The White share of enrollment fell from 15% to 8% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Mount Carmel Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.