Echols County Elementary/Middle School

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Statenville, Georgia, Echols County Elementary/Middle School serves 673 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under Echols County.

Echols County runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 917 students. Echols County Elementary/Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Echols County Elementary/Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 45% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Echols County Elementary/Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Echols County) records that median household income runs about $59,489, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Echols County Elementary/Middle School is one of 2 public schools in Echols County (combined enrollment of about 917 students).

Echols County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Echols County Elementary/Middle School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Echols County Elementary/Middle School's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 618 (now 673). The White share of enrollment edged up from 45% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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