Blue Ridge Elementary School

Set in Evans, Georgia, Blue Ridge Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school, run under Columbia County. It enrolls 612 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Columbia County runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 28,964 students. Blue Ridge Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Blue Ridge Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 19% Black, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at Blue Ridge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Columbia County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Blue Ridge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 66.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Columbia County) records that median household income runs about $95,592, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Columbia County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,518 students), of which Blue Ridge Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Lakeside Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Blue Ridge Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Blue Ridge Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.

Blue Ridge Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Blue Ridge Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 586 (now 612). White enrollment moved from 56% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.