Carver Elementary School

Carver Elementary School is a K-5 school of minimally staffed scale in Wadley, Georgia, part of Jefferson County, hosting 197 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Carver Elementary School sits 67% below that benchmark.

Jefferson County runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,017 students. Carver Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Carver Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder breaks down as 8% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 53% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Carver Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Carver Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carver Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 23.7%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $53,014, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Jefferson County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,017 students), of which Carver Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Louisville Academy School, around 10.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carver Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Carver Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 206 (now 197). White enrollment moved from 4% to 8% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.