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Enrollment
364
Combined
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TALBOT COUNTY·NCES 130465001637
Central Elementary/High School
945 N Washington Ave, Talbotton, GA 31827 · (706) 665-8577 · Talbot County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
43 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
361 students
STATE 74%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 4% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 31 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 17% smaller than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
18.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.9pp since 2021
Math
8.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.1% | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.6% | 8.4% |
| 2022-23 | 11.0% | 8.8% |
| 2021-22 | 12.2% | 4.3% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 Central Elementary/High School
Central Elementary/High School's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Elementary/High School this school | 364 | 99.2% | 12.7% |
| Genesis Innovation Academy for Girls Atlanta | 318 | 98.7% | N/A |
| Genesis Innovation Academy for Boys Atlanta | 307 | 98.7% | N/A |
| Taliaferro County School Crawfordville | 184 | 99.5% | 22.2% |
| School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low Savannah | 605 | 85.0% | 14.9% |
| Devereux Ackerman Academy Kennesaw | 54 | 94.4% | 4.0% |
Matched among Georgia K-12 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 Central Elementary/High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #4 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
364
-98 (-21%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 976
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 364 | 43.3 | 8.4:1 | 99% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 41 | 9.5:1 | 100% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 37 | 11.0:1 | 100% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 100% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 480 | 43.3 | 11.1:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 99% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 49 | 12.2:1 | 90% (539) |
| 2000-01 | 846 | 47 | 18.0:1 | 90% (761) |
| 1990-91 | 976 | 62 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Elementary/High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (480 to 364); teachers unchanged (43.3 to 43.3).
About Central Elementary/High School
Central Elementary/High School is a small school serving multiple grade levels located in Talbotton, Georgia. Total enrollment is 364 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 12. That is 51% below the average of about 738 students for combined schools in Georgia.
Talbot County is responsible for Central Elementary/High School.
The share of Black students at Central Elementary/High School is 89%. The remaining shares are 10% White. Talbot County as a whole is about 54% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
There are about 8.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Central Elementary/High School, which has 43.3. By comparison, the average for combined schools in Georgia is 11.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Central Elementary/High School is about 99%. The average for public schools in Talbot County is similar, at 99%.
Central Elementary/High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 12.7% is 13.4 points below the 26.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Talbot County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $41,597, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 12%, and about 21% of people live in poverty.
Manchester Middle School is the nearest public school to Central Elementary/High School, about 12.4 miles away. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Central Elementary/High School is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment was 364 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 462. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.6:1 to 8.4:1.
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Talbot County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,742
Census ACS
Median income
$41,597
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1
364 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Manchester Middle School12.4 mi · 274
- Manchester High School12.5 mi · 447
- Mountain View Elementary School14.6 mi · 681
- Good Sheperd Therapeutic Center16.3 mi · 4
- Pine Ridge Elementary School17.0 mi · 635
- Aaron Cohn Middle School19.0 mi · 525
Frequently asked questions
About Central Elementary/High SchoolHow large is Central Elementary/High School?
Central Elementary/High School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Central Elementary/High School serve?
Central Elementary/High School serves grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at Central Elementary/High School?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at Central Elementary/High School.
How diverse is Central Elementary/High School?
Central Elementary/High School reports a student body of 10% White, 1% Hispanic, 89% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Central Elementary/High School public or private?
Central Elementary/High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Talbot County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.