Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THOMASVILLE CITY·NCES 130495001674
Harper Elementary School
520 Fletcher St, Thomasville, GA 31792 · (229) 225-2622 · Thomas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
262 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Thomasville City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
10.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.3pp since 2021
Math
8.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.5% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 10.1% | 8.1% |
| 2022-23 | 7.9% | 5.8% |
| 2021-22 | 8.2% | 6.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Harper Elementary School
Harper Elementary School's state test result (9.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Elementary School this school | 263 | 99.6% | 9.3% |
| Paul L. Dunbar Elementary School Atlanta | 279 | 100.0% | 19.9% |
| L. O. Kimberly Elementary School Atlanta | 270 | 100.0% | 22.0% |
| PEACE Academy Charter School Decatur | 241 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Finch Elementary Atlanta | 291 | 100.0% | 21.0% |
| Beecher Hills Elementary School Atlanta | 237 | 100.0% | 42.6% |
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 Harper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Thomas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #1,201 of 1,208 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #1,201 of 1,215 ▲ 4 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.5% | #1,188 of 1,215 ▲ 12 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #599 of 1,183 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #1,273 of 1,324 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #244 of 1,301 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #1,284 of 1,301 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #458 of 1,312 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #192 of 854 | N/A |
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
263
-68 (-21%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 253
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 263 | 22.2 | 11.8:1 | 100% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 19.7 | 15.9:1 | 100% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 92% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 100% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 29.6 | 11.4:1 | 100% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 99% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 92% (454) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 14 | 20.8:1 | 95% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 253 | 19 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (338 to 263); teachers down 25% (29.6 to 22.2).
About Harper Elementary School
Federal records list Harper Elementary School as an elementary school in Thomasville, Georgia. Enrollment stands at 263 students, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 57% below the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Thomasville City is the local district for Harper Elementary School. It runs 5 schools with 2,622 students.
The share of students at Harper Elementary School who are Black is 95%. County-wide, 35% of Thomas County residents are Black. A diversity index of 9% means there is a 9% chance two randomly chosen students at Harper Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 11.8:1 is based on 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. On average, public schools in Thomas County report 92%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Harper Elementary School is 25.9%. It actually posts 9.3%, which is 16.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
In the surrounding county, Thomas County, median household income comes to about $60,736, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 13, with about 8,451 students.
The closest school to Harper Elementary School is Jerger Elementary School, located about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Harper Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Harper Elementary School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
Federal data place Harper Elementary School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Harper Elementary School enrolled 331 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 263.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Thomas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,777
Census ACS
Median income
$60,736
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
8,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Thomasville City
- Thomasville High SchoolHigh · 742 students
- Jerger Elementary SchoolElementary · 708 students
- MacIntyre Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Scott Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
Other schools in Thomasville
- Thomas County Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,665 students
- Thomas County Central High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
- Garrison-Pilcher Elementary SchoolElementary · 811 students
- Cross Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 809 students
- Thomasville High SchoolHigh · 742 students
- Hand In Hand PrimaryElementary · 712 students
Other Harper Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Harper Elementary. Harper Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Harper Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GA · 690 students
- Harper Elementary SchoolPRINCETON, TX · 642 students
- Harper Elementary SchoolWilmette, IL · 366 students
- Harper Elementary SchoolEvansville, IN · 344 students
- Harper ElemHarper, KS · 255 students
Nearby schools
- Jerger Elementary School1.0 mi · 708
- Thomasville High School1.0 mi · 742
- Scott Elementary School1.0 mi · 379
- MacIntyre Park Middle School1.3 mi · 530
- T J Loftiss II Regional Youth Detention Center1.5 mi · 11
- The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development2.7 mi · 45
Frequently asked questions
About Harper Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Harper Elementary School?
Harper Elementary School enrolls approximately 263 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harper Elementary School serve?
Harper Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Harper Elementary School have?
Harper Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Harper Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harper Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 95% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Harper Elementary School in?
Harper Elementary School is part of Thomasville City.
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