Ethel W. Kight Elementary School

Ethel W. Kight Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Lagrange, Georgia, one of the schools within Troup County, with 656 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Troup County, which oversees 19 schools and 12,262 students, Ethel W. Kight Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Ethel W. Kight Elementary School records that 55% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Troup County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ethel W. Kight Elementary School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Ethel W. Kight Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ethel W. Kight Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.1%; this one delivers 30.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Troup County put median household earnings sit near $56,776, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Troup County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,262 students), of which Ethel W. Kight Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Berta Weathersbee Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ethel W. Kight Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.5%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 656 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 11% to 29%.

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