Winston Elementary School

Located at 13691 Veterans Memorial Hwy, in Winston, Georgia, Winston Elementary School is a cozy K-5 school that enrolls 297 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Douglas County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 51% below typical.

Winston Elementary School is one of 35 schools operated by Douglas County, a district that teaches 25,521 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Winston Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 27% Black, 25% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Winston Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 84% of students at Winston Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Douglas County's rate of about 71%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Winston Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.9%; Winston Elementary School posts 51.9%, +18.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Douglas County indicate median household income runs about $82,984, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winston Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students).

Mason Creek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Winston Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Winston Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Winston Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 36% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 297). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 28% to 41%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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