Atkinson Elementary School

Atkinson Elementary School is a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in Waynesville, Georgia, part of Brantley County. The school instructs 276 students in grades 4 through 6. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Atkinson Elementary School sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Brantley County (3,375 students total), Atkinson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Atkinson Elementary School logs that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Brantley County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Atkinson Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Brantley County's rate of about 89%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Atkinson Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.7%; Atkinson Elementary School posts 48.0%, +22.3 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Brantley County) records that median household income runs about $58,239, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Brantley County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,375 students), Atkinson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Waynesville Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Atkinson Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 8%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 94% to 89%.

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