Enrollment
276
Middle
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRANTLEY COUNTY·NCES 130048003907
Atkinson Elementary School
4327 Highway 110 E, Waynesville, GA 31566 · (912) 778-6098 · Brantley County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
276 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 106 | 38% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 33% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Brantley County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
45.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.9pp since 2021
Math
50.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 42.1% |
| 2022-23 | 41.5% | 44.7% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 45.3% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Atkinson Elementary School
Atkinson Elementary School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Elementary School this school | 276 | 100.0% | 48.0% |
| Nahunta Elementary School Nahunta | 260 | 100.0% | 52.6% |
| Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy Toccoa | 295 | 100.0% | 38.1% |
| Towns County Middle School Hiawassee | 197 | 91.9% | 59.7% |
| Chattanooga Valley Middle School Flintstone | 449 | 95.3% | 38.3% |
| LaFayette Middle School La Fayette | 499 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Atkinson Elementary School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #133 of 470 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #142 of 474 ▲ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #133 of 474 ▲ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #355 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #450 of 487 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #225 of 471 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.6% | #438 of 471 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #17 of 479 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #79 of 144 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
276
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 276 | 19.9 | 13.9:1 | 100% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 94% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 18.7 | 13.8:1 | 71% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 20 | 13.4:1 | 72% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 255 | 19.1 | 13.3:1 | 88% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 20 | 12.1:1 | 88% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 73% (207) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Atkinson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (255 to 276); teachers up 4% (19.1 to 19.9).
About Atkinson Elementary School
Atkinson Elementary School is a very small middle school in Georgia, located in Waynesville. It offers grades 4 through 6 and has 276 students enrolled. It has 64% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Georgia (about 763).
Brantley County is the local district for Atkinson Elementary School. It runs 7 schools with 3,375 students.
Of every 100 students at Atkinson Elementary School, about 89 are White. Other students are 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Brantley County at about 91% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
Teacher count: 19.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Georgia is similar, at 14.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. That is 11 points above the 89% average for public schools in Brantley County.
In Georgia, Atkinson Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.0% compared with a predicted 25.7%.
Census data for Brantley County show median household income comes to about $58,239, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 7 public schools and about 3,375 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Waynesville Primary School, is about 3.1 miles. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. On average proficiency, Atkinson Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count rose 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Atkinson Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Brantley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,315
Census ACS
Median income
$58,239
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brantley County
- Brantley County High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Hoboken Elementary SchoolElementary · 551 students
- Brantley County Middle SchoolMiddle · 493 students
- Nahunta Primary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Waynesville Primary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Nahunta Elementary SchoolMiddle · 260 students
Other Atkinson Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Atkinson Elementary. Atkinson Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 8.
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolNewnan, GA · 398 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolGriffin, GA · 366 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 454 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 372 students
- Atkinson Elementary SchoolFremont, OH · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Waynesville Primary School3.1 mi · 434
- Nahunta Primary School9.5 mi · 440
- Nahunta Elementary School9.6 mi · 260
- Brantley County Middle School12.0 mi · 493
- Brantley County High School12.3 mi · 921
- Risley Middle School14.1 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About Atkinson Elementary SchoolHow large is Atkinson Elementary School?
Atkinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Atkinson Elementary School serve?
Atkinson Elementary School serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Atkinson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Atkinson Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Atkinson Elementary School?
At Atkinson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Atkinson Elementary School?
Atkinson Elementary School is overseen by Brantley County in Brantley County.
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