South Douglas Elementary School

Set in Douglasville, Georgia, South Douglas Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school, part of Douglas County. It enrolls 544 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Douglas County comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 25,521 students; South Douglas Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Douglas Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 33% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Douglas County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, South Douglas Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,984 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. South Douglas Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students).

Fairplay Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts South Douglas Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

South Douglas Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 552 students in 2018 compared to 544 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 83% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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