Doerun Elementary School, Doerun GA

Original Research by School Decision on Doerun Elementary School

Doerun Elementary School serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in a small rural town in northwest Colquitt County. The school sits within Doerun itself, integrated into the town's modest downtown area rather than set on a separate campus. All students at Doerun Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment is small, with roughly equal proportions of white, Black, and Hispanic students, plus smaller numbers of multiracial and Asian students.

The school's academic performance on Georgia's end-of-grade assessments shows a consistent pattern across tested subjects. Reading proficiency ranges from about one in five fourth graders to about one in four third and fifth graders. Math proficiency sits similarly, between about one in five fourth graders and one in three third graders. Science proficiency on fifth grade assessments is noticeably higher, with about two in five students meeting the standard. The school's oldest available social studies data comes from an earlier state assessment and is not comparable to current measures. Only one year of recent data is available, so trend information is not yet present.

Doerun itself is a long-established agricultural town where farming and agribusiness still anchor the local economy. The housing market reflects that character: median home values are modest relative to state and national benchmarks. The town has seen little growth in recent decades and little new residential development; civic investment instead centers on a downtown-focused development authority and a handful of community parks. There is no public transportation, and daily life requires a car. Older students from Doerun leave the town itself for secondary schooling, attending Colquitt County High School in Moultrie, about ten miles away.

The Colquitt County School District has undergone a significant structural change that affects secondary transitions. Beginning in the school year after Doerun Elementary students are typically enrolled in middle school, the district moved all ninth graders from a separate junior high into Colquitt County High School, consolidating grades 9 through 12 under one roof for the first time. The district also approved and completed several facility projects through a voter-approved sales tax running through 2028, including upgrades to the middle school. Additionally, the district implemented a system-wide cellphone ban: students may carry phones but cannot use them during the school day.

Demographic and economic data for civil rights or special populations such as special education enrollment or English learner identification were not available in the school's public records. Comparison with other districts in Colquitt County is not possible because the county's comparison universe contains only one district. Parents looking at Doerun Elementary may want to contact the school directly to ask about current offerings in special services, afterschool programs, and family engagement structures, since that detail was not present in available data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 44% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 421%

School 21% · District 45% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 40% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 31% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 419%

School 19% · District 30% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 33% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 42% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-878%

School 78% · district not reported

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolColquitt County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.