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If you had an hour of school board time for Bacon Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
690
Elementary
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE COUNTY·NCES 130555000716
Bacon Elementary School
1425 W Orange St, Jesup, GA 31545 · (912) 427-1077 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
690 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
29.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.4pp since 2021
Math
38.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.3% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 38.4% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 39.7% |
| 2021-22 | 26.8% | 40.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 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 Bacon Elementary School
Bacon Elementary School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon Elementary School this school | 690 | 100.0% | 35.9% |
| Jesup Elementary School Jesup | 706 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| Van Wert Elementary School Rockmart | 693 | 100.0% | 23.8% |
| Byron Elementary School Byron | 706 | 100.0% | 30.0% |
| South Hart Elementary School Hartwell | 608 | 100.0% | 44.4% |
| Jeff Davis Elementary School Hazlehurst | 711 | 100.0% | 41.2% |
Matched among Georgia elementary 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 Bacon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #643 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #660 of 1,215 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #742 of 1,215 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #422 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 690 | #392 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #984 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #454 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #430 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #599 of 854 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
690
+113 (+20%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 690 | 47.5 | 14.5:1 | 100% (690) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 41.5 | 15.3:1 | 95% (604) |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 47.5 | 12.4:1 | 75% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 45 | 12.8:1 | 72% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 51.2 | 14.7:1 | 88% (662) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 51 | 15.2:1 | 77% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 70% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 36 | 19.7:1 | 60% (428) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bacon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (751 to 690); teachers down 7% (51.2 to 47.5).
About Bacon Elementary School
At 1425 W Orange St in Jesup, Georgia, Bacon Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. There are 690 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Bacon Elementary School is among 8 schools run by Wayne County, which serves 5,348 students.
The share of White students at Bacon Elementary School is 57%, a majority. After that, the student body is 21% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Wayne County is about 71% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Bacon Elementary School, there are about 14.5 students; the school has 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. Bacon Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 100%. The rate at public schools in Wayne County averages 91%, lower than here.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.7% for Bacon Elementary School. The school posts 35.9%, 10.2 points above the prediction.
Wayne County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $53,427 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. Public schools in Wayne County number 8, with about 5,348 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Martha Puckett Middle School, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Ranked by average proficiency, Bacon Elementary School places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 113 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.5 students per teacher, compared with 12.8 in 2020-21.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,949
Census ACS
Median income
$53,427
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
5,348 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne County
- Wayne County High SchoolHigh · 1,576 students
- Jesup Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Arthur Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Martha Rawls Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Martha Puckett Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
- Odum Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
Other schools in Jesup
- Wayne County High SchoolHigh · 1,576 students
- Jesup Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Arthur Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Martha Rawls Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Martha Puckett Middle SchoolMiddle · 541 students
Other Bacon Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bacon Elementary. Bacon Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Bacon Elementary SchoolFORT COLLINS, CO · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Martha Puckett Middle School0.7 mi · 541
- Wayne County High School0.9 mi · 1,576
- Martha Rawls Smith Elementary School1.8 mi · 543
- Arthur Williams Middle School2.8 mi · 626
- Jesup Elementary School2.8 mi · 706
- Odum Elementary School8.5 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Bacon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bacon Elementary School?
Bacon Elementary School enrolls approximately 690 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bacon Elementary School serve?
Bacon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bacon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bacon Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Bacon Elementary School?
Bacon Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 12% Hispanic, 21% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bacon Elementary School in?
Bacon Elementary School is part of Wayne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.