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If you could change one rule at Hartley Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042000241
Hartley Elementary School
2230 Anthony Rd, Macon, GA 31204 · (478) 779-2500 · Bibb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
292 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
1
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 | 26 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
6.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.2pp since 2021
Math
7.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 6.0% | 7.2% |
| 2023-24 | 11.4% | 5.4% |
| 2022-23 | 9.7% | 5.3% |
| 2021-22 | 11.1% | 11.3% |
% 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
11.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% 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 Hartley Elementary School
Hartley Elementary School's state test result (11.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartley Elementary School this school | 385 | 75.8% | 11.5% |
| Resurgence Hall Charter School East Point | 408 | 71.1% | N/A |
| Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc Atlanta | 436 | 79.4% | N/A |
| Burdell Elementary School Macon | 433 | 76.9% | 34.4% |
| Union Elementary School Macon | 475 | 78.3% | 12.1% |
| Bernd Elementary School Macon | 356 | 71.9% | 22.3% |
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 Hartley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #1,184 of 1,208 | #18 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.2% | #1,207 of 1,215 ▲ 6 | #20 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #1,213 of 1,215 ▼ 26 | #21 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.6pp | #155 of 1,183 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #1,122 of 1,324 | #20 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #474 of 1,301 | #3 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #1,293 of 1,301 | #21 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #772 of 1,312 | #9 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #212 of 854 | #3 of 17 |
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
385
-123 (-24%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 385 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 76% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 90% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 30.5 | 14.4:1 | 100% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 100% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 29.2 | 16.7:1 | 99% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 99% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 99% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 70% (373) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 36 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hartley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (488 to 385); teachers up 3% (29.2 to 30).
About Hartley Elementary School
Hartley Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Macon, Georgia. It educates 385 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 36% smaller than the 605 average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Federal data list 35 schools in Bibb County, with 21,334 students enrolled.
Black students are the large majority at Hartley Elementary School, with 96% of enrollment. County-wide, 55% of Bibb County residents are Black. Hartley Elementary School has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Hartley Elementary School, 30 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is about 13.3:1. Roughly 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 61% average among public schools in Bibb County.
Hartley Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 11.5%. Predicted: 38.2%. Difference: 26.6 points.
Among Bibb County residents, median household income is about $51,234, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 41 public schools in Bibb County, with a combined enrollment of about 23,725.
The closest public school to Hartley Elementary School is Southwest High School, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Hartley Elementary School comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Hartley Elementary School went from 508 students to 385. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.9:1 in 2020-21, and 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Bibb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,578
Census ACS
Median income
$51,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
23,725 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bibb County
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
Other schools in Macon
- Academy For Classical EducationCombined · 1,808 students
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Other Hartley Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Hartley Elementary. Hartley Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- HARTLEY ELEMENTARYWASECA, MN · 429 students
- HARTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 341 students
- Hartley Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest High School1.0 mi · 860
- Cirrus Charter Academy1.0 mi · 429
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School1.1 mi · 712
- Ballard Hudson Middle School1.2 mi · 671
- Ingram/Pye Elementary School1.5 mi · 450
- Central High School1.7 mi · 892
Frequently asked questions
About Hartley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hartley Elementary School?
Hartley Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hartley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hartley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hartley Elementary School have?
Hartley Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Hartley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hartley Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Hartley Elementary School public or private?
Hartley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bibb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.