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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042002604
Burdell Elementary School
972 Fort Hill St, Macon, GA 31217 · (478) 779-2937 · Bibb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
333 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 25 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
21%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
31.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.5pp since 2021
Math
37.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +19.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 are up about 19 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.4% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 34.8% |
| 2022-23 | 22.8% | 21.2% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% | 18.2% |
% 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Burdell Elementary School
Burdell Elementary School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdell Elementary School this school | 433 | 76.9% | 34.4% |
| Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc Atlanta | 436 | 79.4% | N/A |
| Oakland Elementary School McDonough | 462 | 76.4% | 18.5% |
| Ingram/Pye Elementary School Macon | 450 | 81.6% | 9.5% |
| Bruce Elementary School Macon | 411 | 79.1% | 15.5% |
| Union Elementary School Macon | 475 | 78.3% | 12.1% |
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 Burdell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #685 of 1,208 | #7 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #678 of 1,215 ▲ 54 | #5 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #681 of 1,215 ▲ 116 | #7 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.3pp | #37 of 1,183 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #1,017 of 1,324 | #15 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #504 of 1,301 | #6 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #1,189 of 1,301 | #15 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #763 of 1,312 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #356 of 854 | #6 of 17 |
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
433
-34 (-7%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 433 | 33.5 | 12.9:1 | 77% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 81% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 100% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 35.4 | 14.4:1 | 99% (507) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 94% (456) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burdell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (511 to 433); teachers down 5% (35.4 to 33.5).
About Burdell Elementary School
Burdell Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Macon, Georgia. The student body numbers 433 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
The 35 schools of Bibb County, including Burdell Elementary School, enroll 21,334 students.
Black students make up 89% of enrollment at Burdell Elementary School. Other students are 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 55% Black share among all Bibb County residents. The school's diversity index is 21%, meaning two students picked at random have a 21% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.9 students per teacher. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bibb County is 61%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.6% for Burdell Elementary School. The school posts 34.4%, 3.2 points below the prediction.
Federal survey data for Bibb County show that the median household income is $51,234, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 20%. Bibb County is home to 41 public schools and about 23,725 public school students.
Nearest public school: Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Burdell Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 34.4% versus a 27.7% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show a 7% enrollment decrease, from 467 in 2020-21 to 433 in 2024-25.
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Bibb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,578
Census ACS
Median income
$51,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
23,725 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bibb County
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
Other schools in Macon
- Academy For Classical EducationCombined · 1,808 students
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School0.8 mi · 675
- Northeast High School1.0 mi · 794
- Appling Middle School1.1 mi · 677
- VIP Academy (Virtual)1.8 mi · 398
- Williams Elementary School2.0 mi · 294
- Alexander II Magnet School2.3 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Burdell Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Burdell Elementary School?
Burdell Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Burdell Elementary School serve?
Burdell Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Burdell Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Burdell Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Burdell Elementary School?
At Burdell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 7% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Burdell Elementary School public or private?
Burdell Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bibb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.