G. O. Bailey Elementary School

G. O. Bailey Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Tifton, Georgia, overseen by Tift County. The school caters to 531 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Tift County, which oversees 11 schools and 7,471 students, G. O. Bailey Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, G. O. Bailey Elementary School reports that 33% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Black, 30% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the resource side, G. O. Bailey Elementary School shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, G. O. Bailey Elementary School 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 25.7%; this one delivers 46.3%, a residual of +20.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Tift County put the typical household earns roughly $53,255 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Tift County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,471 students), of which G. O. Bailey Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Charles Spencer Elementary School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), G. O. Bailey Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at G. O. Bailey Elementary School has fell 29%, going from 752 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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