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North Douglas Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 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 up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About North Douglas Elementary School
North Douglas Elementary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in Douglasville, Georgia, part of Douglas County. Current enrollment sits at 537 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 35 schools in Douglas County (25,521 students total), North Douglas Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, North Douglas Elementary School lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 50% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Douglas County's rate of about 71%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Douglas Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 28.7%.
In the area at large, census data for Douglas County shows median household earnings sit near $82,984, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Douglas Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students).
Stewart Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Douglas Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Douglas Elementary School has fell 16%, going from 643 students in 2018 to 537 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 75% to 70% over that span.
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