Comer Elementary School

As a cozy K-5 school in Comer, Georgia, Comer Elementary School hosts 419 students from grades K through 5, run under Madison County. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Comer Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Madison County, a district that enrolls 5,165 students overall.

On demographics, Comer Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Comer Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Comer Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 28.1%; this one delivers 47.8%, a residual of +19.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Madison County put median household earnings sit near $61,963, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Madison County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,165 students), Comer Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Madison County Middle School, around 2.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Comer Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Comer Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 418 students in 2018 to 419 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 76% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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