NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Dublin, GA

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

8 public K-12 schools in Dublin from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

4,431

Students

32.4/100

Avg Resource Index

14.1:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Dublin has more public-school enrollment than 49% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Dublin's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Dublin's 8 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

92.9% of enrollment in reporting Dublin schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 37-point gap between Moore Street Facility and Hillcrest Elementary shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment: Top 51%
School count: Top 54%
Resource Index average: 18th percentile
Teacher staffing: 66th percentile

West Laurens Middle School accounts for 20.3% of all Dublin public-school enrollment

That concentration means Dublin-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Dublin school enrollment varies 22× across entities

Dublin school enrollment ranges from 40 students (lowest) to 898 students (highest), a spread of 858 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Dublin reports 92.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Dublin student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Dublin is typically wider than the Dublin-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Moore Street Facility	52	40	Combined	Dublin City
2.	West Laurens Middle School	42	898	middle	Laurens County
3.	Dublin High School	41	596	high	Dublin City
4.	East Laurens Middle School	40	536	middle	Laurens County
5.	East Laurens Primary School	32	627	Combined	Laurens County
6.	Susie Dasher	20	554	Combined	Dublin City
7.	Dublin Middle School	17	634	elementary	Dublin City
8.	Hillcrest Elementary	15	546	Combined	Dublin City

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Dublin

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Dublin school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Moore Street Facility has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Dublin schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Dublin, GA? ▼

Dublin has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,431 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.