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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIFT COUNTY·NCES 130498001681
G. O. Bailey Elementary School
1430 Newton Dr, Tifton, GA 31794 · (229) 387-2415 · Tift County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
531 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
37.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.3pp since 2021
Math
45.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 54.7% |
| 2022-23 | 38.1% | 45.8% |
| 2021-22 | 39.5% | 44.8% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like G. O. Bailey Elementary School
G. O. Bailey Elementary School's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. O. Bailey Elementary School this school | 531 | 100.0% | 46.3% |
| Glyndale Elementary School Brunswick | 585 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
| Allen Elementary School Columbus | 436 | 100.0% | 20.9% |
| Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School Athens | 563 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| Satilla Elementary School Douglas | 661 | 100.0% | 28.4% |
| Lyons Primary School Lyons | 571 | 100.0% | N/A |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where G. O. Bailey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Tift County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #409 of 1,208 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #505 of 1,215 ▼ 161 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #532 of 1,215 ▼ 111 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #366 of 1,183 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #789 of 1,324 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,132 of 1,301 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #101 of 1,301 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #404 of 1,312 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #93 of 854 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
531
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 531 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 83% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 100% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 38% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 752 | 35.5 | 21.2:1 | 95% (716) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 33 | 21.5:1 | 95% (672) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | 34 | 22.3:1 | 75% (572) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 78% (462) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 37 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for G. O. Bailey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (752 to 531); teachers down 1% (35.5 to 35).
About G. O. Bailey Elementary School
G. O. Bailey Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in Tifton, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 531 students.
Tift County operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 7,471 students.
The most common group at G. O. Bailey Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 33%. After that, the student body is 31% Black, 30% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Tift County, the Hispanic share is about 13%. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 15.2:1 comes from the school's 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Tift County average 97%.
The allk12 Grade for G. O. Bailey Elementary School is A-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 78% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
G. O. Bailey Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 20.6 points. The model expects 25.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Georgia; the school's rate is 46.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Tift County, the median household income is $53,255, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. G. O. Bailey Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Charles Spencer Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. G. O. Bailey Elementary School's average proficiency of 46.3% compares with 34.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
G. O. Bailey Elementary School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, G. O. Bailey Elementary School enrolled 519; in 2024-25, 531.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at G. O. Bailey Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tift County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
41,438
Census ACS
Median income
$53,255
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
7,471 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tift County
- Tift County High SchoolHigh · 2,207 students
- Eighth Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 883 students
- Annie Belle Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Len Lastinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Charles Spencer Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Other schools in Tifton
- Tift County High SchoolHigh · 2,207 students
- Eighth Street Middle SchoolMiddle · 883 students
- Annie Belle Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Northeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Len Lastinger Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Charles Spencer Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Charles Spencer Elementary School1.0 mi · 428
- Tift County High School1.1 mi · 2,207
- Northside Elementary School1.2 mi · 405
- Eighth Street Middle School1.9 mi · 883
- J. T. Reddick Elementary School1.9 mi · 339
- Matt Wilson Elementary School2.2 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About G. O. Bailey Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at G. O. Bailey Elementary School?
G. O. Bailey Elementary School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does G. O. Bailey Elementary School serve?
G. O. Bailey Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does G. O. Bailey Elementary School have?
G. O. Bailey Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at G. O. Bailey Elementary School?
Student demographics at G. O. Bailey Elementary School are roughly 30% White, 33% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees G. O. Bailey Elementary School?
G. O. Bailey Elementary School is overseen by Tift County in Tift County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.