Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary

Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Gainesville, Georgia, one of the schools within Hall County. Current enrollment sits at 762 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 38 schools in Hall County (28,028 students total), Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary records that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 32% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Hall County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hall County) shows that median household income runs about $80,901, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary is one of 49 public schools in Hall County (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

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