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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY·NCES 130186000863
Mount Carmel Elementary School
2356 Fairburn Rd, Douglasville, GA 30135 · (770) 651-4200 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
356 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
28.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.8pp since 2021
Math
28.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.5% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 29.6% |
| 2022-23 | 32.4% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.3% | 29.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mount Carmel Elementary School
Mount Carmel Elementary School's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel Elementary School this school | 425 | 83.8% | 30.9% |
| Jefferson Parkway Elementary School Newnan | 450 | 86.7% | 22.3% |
| Austin Road Elementary School Stockbridge | 414 | 77.8% | 29.5% |
| Bright Star Elementary School Douglasville | 481 | 85.4% | 37.3% |
| Honey Creek Elementary School Conyers | 471 | 86.4% | 28.4% |
| Barksdale Elementary School Conyers | 495 | 87.3% | 31.3% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mount Carmel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #776 of 1,208 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #904 of 1,215 ▼ 52 | #17 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #771 of 1,215 ▼ 117 | #18 of 21 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #121 of 1,183 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #1,042 of 1,324 | #17 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,134 of 1,301 | #15 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #654 of 1,301 | #14 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.8% | #665 of 1,312 | #11 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #608 of 854 | #10 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
425
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 425 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 84% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 82% (371) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 73% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 64% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 71% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 66% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 479 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 58% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 555 | 31 | 17.9:1 | 29% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 26 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Carmel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (461 to 425); teachers down 7% (30 to 28).
About Mount Carmel Elementary School
Mount Carmel Elementary School is a small elementary school that serves part of Douglasville, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 425 students. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Douglas County includes 35 schools. Together they enroll 25,521 students.
At Mount Carmel Elementary School, 63% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 22% Hispanic, 8% White, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Douglas County is roughly 50% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mount Carmel Elementary School scores 55%.
Classroom staffing at Mount Carmel Elementary School totals 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Federal data show 84% of students (356) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Douglas County report 71%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 34.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Douglas County show that median household income comes to about $82,984, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The county's public schools total 37, with about 26,121 students.
Among nearby public schools, Chestnut Log Middle School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Mount Carmel Elementary School comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Mount Carmel Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 420 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 425.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
147,888
Census ACS
Median income
$82,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
26,121 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other schools in Douglasville
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other Mount Carmel Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mount Carmel Elementary. Mount Carmel Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mount Carmel Elementary SchoolHampton, GA · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Chestnut Log Middle School0.7 mi · 719
- Sweetwater Elementary School1.7 mi · 473
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High School1.8 mi · 1,460
- Factory Shoals Elementary School1.9 mi · 697
- Factory Shoals Middle School2.2 mi · 833
- Brighten Academy2.6 mi · 812
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Carmel Elementary SchoolHow large is Mount Carmel Elementary School?
Mount Carmel Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mount Carmel Elementary School serve?
Mount Carmel Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mount Carmel Elementary School have?
Mount Carmel Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Mount Carmel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mount Carmel Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 22% Hispanic, 63% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mount Carmel Elementary School in?
Mount Carmel Elementary School is part of Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.