📍 2032 Dug Gap Rd, Dalton, Whitfield County, 30720
Dug Gap Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Dalton, Whitfield County. The school has 375 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Whitfield County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Dug Gap Elementary School enrolls 375 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 245 | 65% |
| White | 117 | 31% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.6% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
288 of the school's 375 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 221 qualify for free lunch and 67 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dug Gap Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 54, state house district 4.
Dug Gap Elementary School is one of 22 schools in Whitfield County, based in Dalton, Georgia. The district serves 11,942 students district-wide and employs 918 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 375 students, Dug Gap Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 543 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small
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