Blackshear Elementary School

Located at 5217 Ga Highway 121, in Blackshear, Georgia, Blackshear Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary school that educates 820 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Pierce County. Enrollment runs roughly 36% bigger than the state mean of about 605.

Within Pierce County, which oversees 5 schools and 3,647 students, Blackshear Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Blackshear Elementary School lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 15% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Pierce County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Blackshear Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pierce County (around 87%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Blackshear 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%; Blackshear Elementary School posts 53.1%, +27.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pierce County indicate median household income runs about $60,517, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Blackshear Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Pierce County (combined enrollment of about 3,647 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pierce County Middle School, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Blackshear Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blackshear Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 54.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 811 students in 2018 compared to 820 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 65% over that span.

On this page, members of the Blackshear Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.