The top reported proficiency rate is 78% in Social studies. The lowest is 26% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on South Dodge Elementary School
South Dodge Elementary School is closed. The school operated as a regular public elementary school in Eastman serving students in the middle grades. Enrollment and demographic data are not available in the records.
The most recent state test results on file are from the 2022-23 school year, when the school administered Georgia Milestones EOG assessments in mathematics, English language arts, and science to students in grades three through eight. In mathematics, about a third of tested students achieved proficiency. In English language arts, the proficiency rate was lower, at roughly a quarter of students. Science proficiency was similar to ELA. An older assessment result from 2013-14 in social studies showed a substantially higher proficiency rate, though that exam and its standards have since changed and the comparison is not direct. No data on average scale scores, participation rates, or year-to-year trends are available.
The school sat on McRae Highway in Eastman, a small county seat in Dodge County where K-12 schools operate on separate campuses outside the downtown core. Eastman itself is a working town anchored by a compact downtown with civic institutions—the courthouse, library, city park, and recently added pocket park—and surrounded by residential subdivisions and wood lots. The local economy is mixed: manufacturing (Arconic, Hoover Treated Wood Products, Valence Surface Technologies in an aerospace park near the regional airport) and public employment (school district, state prison and youth facility, Walmart) are the main employment bases, along with commuting to Robins Air Force Base some miles north. The community has been reinvesting in downtown and expanding aerospace-related enterprise around the regional airport, and a large residential subdivision was approved for development in 2026 near North Dodge Elementary on the city's north side.
The school's closure reflects shifting enrollment or district consolidation in Dodge County, though specific reasons are not documented in available sources. Parents seeking information about current elementary options in Eastman should contact Dodge County Schools directly.
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