Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001532
Blythe Elementary School
290 Church St, Blythe, GA 30805 · (706) 592-4090 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
333 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
33.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.0pp since 2021
Math
26.4%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 30.2% |
| 2022-23 | 27.3% | 24.7% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 26.5% |
% 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
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Blythe Elementary School
Blythe Elementary School's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blythe Elementary School this school | 333 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| North Brooks Elementary School Morven | 354 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Memorial Drive Elementary School Waycross | 346 | 100.0% | 41.7% |
| Johnson Elementary School Columbus | 336 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| Taylor County Primary School Butler | 342 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Ruskin Elementary School Waycross | 363 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
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 Blythe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #798 of 1,208 | #5 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #931 of 1,215 ▼ 94 | #6 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #629 of 1,215 ▲ 149 | #4 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #387 of 1,183 | #9 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #1,210 of 1,324 | #29 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #383 of 1,301 | #8 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #322 of 1,301 | #2 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #362 of 1,312 | #6 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.7% | #168 of 386 | #3 of 10 |
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
333
+55 (+20%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 333 | 26.8 | 12.4:1 | 100% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 26.9 | 12.2:1 | 92% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 98% (286) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 98% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 21.3 | 14.0:1 | 96% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 97% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 78% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 22 | 17.5:1 | 74% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blythe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (298 to 333); teachers up 26% (21.3 to 26.8).
About Blythe Elementary School
Blythe Elementary School is a small elementary school found in Blythe, Georgia. Total enrollment is 333 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Federal data list 52 schools in Richmond County, with 30,573 students enrolled.
The biggest share of students at Blythe Elementary School, 43%, is White. The remaining shares are 39% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Richmond County's population at about 33%. The diversity index for Blythe Elementary School is 65%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 12.4:1 is based on 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
Blythe Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Test results at Blythe Elementary School are 4.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (30.2% actual, 25.7% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Richmond County show that median household income comes to about $55,637, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Richmond County counts 58 public schools with about 31,674 students.
The closest school to Blythe Elementary School is Hephzibah Elementary School, located about 6.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Blythe Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Blythe Elementary School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Blythe Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment rose by 20% across 4 years, from 278 in 2020-21 to 333 in 2024-25.
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Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,069
Census ACS
Median income
$55,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
31,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 878 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Other Blythe Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Blythe Elementary. Blythe Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Blythe ElementaryHuntersville, NC · 902 students
Nearby schools
- Hephzibah Elementary School6.3 mi · 574
- Hephzibah High School6.4 mi · 1,041
- Hephzibah Middle School6.6 mi · 728
- Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics7.3 mi · 1,015
- Deer Chase Elementary School8.0 mi · 555
- Spirit Creek Middle School8.2 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Blythe Elementary SchoolHow large is Blythe Elementary School?
Blythe Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Blythe Elementary School serve?
Blythe Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Blythe Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Blythe Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Blythe Elementary School?
Blythe Elementary School reports a student body of 43% White, 10% Hispanic, 39% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Blythe Elementary School in?
Blythe Elementary School is part of Richmond County.
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