Elbert County Elementary School

Elbert County Elementary School operates as a medium-sized primary school in Elberton, Georgia, overseen by Elbert County. Current enrollment sits at 633 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Elbert County Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Elbert County, a district that educates 3,007 students overall.

Demographically, Elbert County Elementary School logs that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 34% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Elbert County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Elbert County Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Elbert County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,450 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Elbert County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,007 students), Elbert County Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Elbert County Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elbert County Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

Elbert County Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 736 students in 2018 compared to 633 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 40% to 34% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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