Colham Ferry Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Watkinsville, Georgia, Colham Ferry Elementary School instructs 587 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Oconee County.

Oconee County comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 8,474 students; Colham Ferry Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Colham Ferry Elementary School reports that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Oconee County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at Colham Ferry Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Colham Ferry Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.5%, the actual is 74.2%, a residual of +7.7 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Oconee County shows median household earnings sit near $121,217, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Oconee County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,474 students), of which Colham Ferry Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Oconee County Elementary School, roughly 2.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Colham Ferry Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 58.8%.

Colham Ferry Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 587 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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