OVERVIEW: AWES

The Douglas County school system is comprised of twenty elementary, eight middle, and five high schools. Annette Winn Elementary is one of those schools located in Lithia Springs, GA. Annette Winn is a Title 1 school consisting of approximately four hundred eighty students. The school is highly transient. The demographics of the student population are: 55% African American, 22% Hispanic, 15% Caucasian, 6% Multi-racial and 1% Asian. The majority of the student body (74%) is economically disadvantaged, and 10% have some type of disability. The school has twenty-nine regular classroom teachers, one full-time and one part-time ESOL teachers, one special education teacher, one speech therapist, one guidance counselor, and four special area teachers, one media specialist, and one media clerk. The school also employs one community liaison who works with a small budget to supplement the efforts in reaching the ESOL community, primarily Hispanic. Class sizes are within state guidelines for a Title 1 school with classes averaging twenty students.