Enrollment
207
Elementary
DISTRICT 148 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALHOUN COUNTY·NCES 130075000311
Calhoun County Elementary School
133 Cougar Lane, Edison, GA 39846 · (229) 545-7232 · Calhoun County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL207 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
10.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
207 students
DISTRICT 96% · 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 | 19 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 63% larger than its 5th grade class (24).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +17.5pp since 2021
Math
25.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 17 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 26.1% |
| 2022-23 | 11.4% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 7.5% | 15.4% |
% 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 Calhoun County Elementary School
Calhoun County Elementary School's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun County Elementary School this school | 207 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| Toney Elementary School Decatur | 207 | 100.0% | 16.5% |
| Atlanta Unbound Academy College Park | 199 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Carver Elementary School Wadley | 197 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| PEACE Academy Charter School Decatur | 241 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Beecher Hills Elementary School Atlanta | 237 | 100.0% | 42.6% |
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 Calhoun County Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #908 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #970 of 1,215 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #873 of 1,215 ▲ 267 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #50 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 207 | #1,298 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #70 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.1% | #1,233 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #65 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #150 of 854 |
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
207
+9 (+5%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 207 | 19.7 | 10.5:1 | 100% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 196 | 16.7 | 11.7:1 | 81% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 206 | 17.2 | 12.0:1 | 100% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 198 | 14 | 14.1:1 | 100% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 19 | 14.5:1 | 97% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 21 | 15.0:1 | 98% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 21 | 15.7:1 | 92% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 28 | 13.2:1 | 98% (361) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calhoun County Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (276 to 207); teachers up 4% (19 to 19.7).
About Calhoun County Elementary School
Calhoun County Elementary School is a public very small elementary school in Edison, Georgia. Total enrollment is 207 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Georgia have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 66% lower.
Calhoun County Elementary School is a school in Calhoun County. The district has 3 schools and 443 students.
The share of students at Calhoun County Elementary School who are Black is 91%. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic. County-wide, 58% of Calhoun County residents are Black. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Calhoun County Elementary School are from different groups.
Calhoun County Elementary School has 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. The school's 10.5:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Calhoun County average a similar 98%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Calhoun County Elementary School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Calhoun County Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.9% is within a point of the 25.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Calhoun County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $46,940 a year, roughly 13% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Calhoun County Elementary School, Calhoun County has 4 public schools.
Calhoun County Elementary School's nearest public school is Calhoun County High School (less than a tenth of a mile). There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Calhoun County Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Calhoun County Elementary School as Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Calhoun County Elementary School had a net gain of 9 students, or 5%. The ratio was 14.1:1 in 2020-21 and 10.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,498
Census ACS
Median income
$46,940
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,021 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calhoun County
- Calhoun County High SchoolHigh · 146 students
- Calhoun County Middle SchoolMiddle · 90 students
Other schools in Edison
- Pataula Charter AcademyCombined · 578 students
- Calhoun County High SchoolHigh · 146 students
- Calhoun County Middle SchoolMiddle · 90 students
Nearby schools
- Calhoun County High School0.0 mi · 146
- Calhoun County Middle School0.0 mi · 90
- Pataula Charter Academy0.4 mi · 578
- Randolph Clay High School12.9 mi · 202
- Randolph County Middle School12.9 mi · 139
- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academy15.1 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Calhoun County Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Calhoun County Elementary School?
Calhoun County Elementary School enrolls approximately 207 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Calhoun County Elementary School serve?
Calhoun County Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Calhoun County Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Calhoun County Elementary School is approximately 10.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Calhoun County Elementary School?
At Calhoun County Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Calhoun County Elementary School in?
Calhoun County Elementary School is part of Calhoun County.
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