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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIFT COUNTY·NCES 130498001688
Charles Spencer Elementary School
65 Tifton Eldorado Rd, Tifton, GA 31794 · (229) 387-2430 · Tift County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
13.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
428 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 69 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
15.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.0pp since 2021
Math
17.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -11.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 32.5% |
| 2022-23 | 24.3% | 38.7% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% | 29.1% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Charles Spencer Elementary School
Charles Spencer Elementary School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Spencer Elementary School this school | 428 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Heard-Mixon Elementary School Covington | 434 | 98.2% | 22.9% |
| J. D. Dickerson Primary School Vidalia | 456 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Kay Road Elementary Byron | 512 | 100.0% | 32.5% |
| Len Lastinger Elementary School Tifton | 448 | 100.0% | 48.4% |
| Matt Wilson Elementary School Tifton | 398 | 100.0% | 35.6% |
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 Charles Spencer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Tift County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #978 of 1,208 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,106 of 1,215 ▼ 325 | #8 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,110 of 1,215 ▼ 182 | #8 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.6pp | #45 of 1,183 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #1,036 of 1,324 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #704 of 1,301 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #197 of 1,301 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #409 of 1,312 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #134 of 854 | #3 of 6 |
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
428
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 428 | 31.5 | 13.6:1 | 100% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 31.5 | 12.6:1 | 100% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 33.5 | 11.7:1 | 100% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 43% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 35.2 | 16.5:1 | 96% (560) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 95% (551) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 74% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 431 | 21 | 20.5:1 | 60% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 27 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Spencer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (581 to 428); teachers down 11% (35.2 to 31.5).
About Charles Spencer Elementary School
Charles Spencer Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Tifton, Georgia, (ZIP code 31794). The school counts 428 students across pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 29% smaller than the 605 average for elementary schools in Georgia.
The Tift County system has 11 schools and 7,471 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Charles Spencer Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 42%. Next come 33% White, 18% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 30% Black among all Tift County residents. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 13.6:1 comes from the school's 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Tift County average 97%.
allk12 grades Charles Spencer Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Charles Spencer Elementary School would score about 25.7%. It scores 22.6%, 3.1 points below that figure.
Tift County has these Census figures: the median household income is $53,255, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. In all, Tift County has 11 public schools and roughly 7,471 students.
Of nearby public schools, J. T. Reddick Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Charles Spencer Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Charles Spencer Elementary School is 9th of 9 on proficiency.
Charles Spencer Elementary School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (426) to 2024-25 (428). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.6:1, from 12.2:1.
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Tift County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,438
Census ACS
Median income
$53,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
7,471 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tift County
- Tift County High SchoolHigh · 2,207 students
- Eighth Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 883 students
- Annie Belle Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- G. O. Bailey Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Len Lastinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
Other schools in Tifton
- Tift County High SchoolHigh · 2,207 students
- Eighth Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 883 students
- Annie Belle Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- G. O. Bailey Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Len Lastinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
Nearby schools
- J. T. Reddick Elementary School1.0 mi · 339
- G. O. Bailey Elementary School1.0 mi · 531
- Matt Wilson Elementary School1.5 mi · 398
- Eighth Street Middle School1.9 mi · 883
- Northside Elementary School1.9 mi · 405
- Tift County High School2.1 mi · 2,207
Frequently asked questions
About Charles Spencer Elementary SchoolHow large is Charles Spencer Elementary School?
Charles Spencer Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
Is Charles Spencer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles Spencer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Charles Spencer Elementary School have?
Charles Spencer Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charles Spencer Elementary School?
At Charles Spencer Elementary School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 18% Hispanic, 42% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Charles Spencer Elementary School in?
Charles Spencer Elementary School is part of Tift County.
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