Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Douglas

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
C+

Coffee County School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 4 towns

Serves Douglas, Nicholls, Broxton and Ambrose.

Douglas’ School Grade C+ better than 39% of Georgia school districts

Students
7,640
Schools
12
Spent per student
$14,607
GA $15,800
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
Debt
$1.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Coffee County School District

  • Its letter, C+: results better than 39% of Georgia districts
  • Math proficiency 6 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 10 pts below the state
  • Spends 8% less per student than the GA average
  • 14 students per teacher
  • Debt of $1.7M, about $220 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C+: better than 39% of the 220 Georgia school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C+
GraduationFour-year graduation close to the state, class of 2023
C−
The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Douglas. Grade by grade →

PK–53 elementary schoolsThis district
6–8Coffee Middle SchoolThis district
9–123 high schoolsThis district

Test scores vs. GA

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency31%
State average 37.4% · 3,836 students tested
Reading / language arts30%
State average 39.6% · 3,709 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)85%
State average 84.4% · 441 in the class

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$14,607 per student · 8% below GA
Spending
Classroom instruction 59%Support & administration 34%Other 7%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 26%State 53%Federal 21%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
7,562’20
7,569’21
7,538’22
7,667’23
7,640’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 42%Black 29%Hispanic 24%Two or more races 4%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

12 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Georgia’s other public schools.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Georgia.