Eagle Springs Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Byron, Georgia, Eagle Springs Elementary teaches 665 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Houston County.

Across the 38 schools in Houston County (30,939 students total), Eagle Springs Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eagle Springs Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 29% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Houston County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eagle Springs Elementary 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 29.8%; this one delivers 49.6%, a residual of +19.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Houston County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,698 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Houston County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,939 students), Eagle Springs Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Thomson Middle School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eagle Springs Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eagle Springs Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 39.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Eagle Springs Elementary's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 825 (now 665). Over the same period, the White share declined from 39% to 29%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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