Calhoun Primary School

Located at 102 Raymond King Dr, in Calhoun, Georgia, Calhoun Primary School is a well-populated K-5 school that hosts 913 students (grades 1 through 3), one of the schools within Calhoun City. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 51% above typical.

Calhoun City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,193 students. Calhoun Primary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Calhoun Primary School records that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Gordon County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Calhoun Primary School has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Calhoun Primary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at Calhoun Primary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Calhoun Primary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Gordon County) records that median household income runs about $63,650, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Gordon County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,452 students), of which Calhoun Primary School is one.

The closest other public school is Calhoun Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Calhoun Primary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 1,002 students in 2018 compared to 913 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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