Bowdon Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in Bowdon, Georgia, Bowdon Elementary School educates 781 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Carroll County. That puts it 29% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Carroll County runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 16,400 students. Bowdon Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bowdon Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bowdon Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 47.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Carroll County indicate median household income runs about $73,714, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Carroll County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,250 students), Bowdon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Bowdon High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Bowdon Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bowdon Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.2%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bowdon Elementary School has increased 19%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 781 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 11% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.