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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001560
Hephzibah Elementary School
2542 Ga Highway 88, Hephzibah, GA 30815 · (706) 592-4561 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Georgia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
12.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
574 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
4
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 | 48 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
51%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
13.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.6pp since 2021
Math
13.7%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.7% | 13.7% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 9.8% |
| 2022-23 | 19.8% | 17.3% |
| 2021-22 | 19.4% | 22.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 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 Hephzibah Elementary School
Hephzibah Elementary School's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hephzibah Elementary School this school | 574 | 100.0% | 12.8% |
| Mill Creek Elementary School Statesboro | 602 | 100.0% | 26.4% |
| Turner County Elementary School Ashburn | 564 | 100.0% | 16.8% |
| Ridge Road Elementary School Sandersville | 585 | 96.9% | 27.5% |
| Ridge Road Primary School Sandersville | 588 | 95.1% | N/A |
| Morningside Elementary School Perry | 488 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
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 Hephzibah Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #1,173 of 1,208 | #23 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,162 of 1,215 ▲ 35 | #16 of 29 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,154 of 1,215 ▼ 30 | #20 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #72 of 1,183 | #1 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #673 of 1,324 | #10 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #506 of 1,301 | #12 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #763 of 1,301 | #9 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #368 of 1,312 | #12 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.8% | #21 of 386 | #2 of 10 |
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
574
+234 (+69%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 574 | 44.4 | 12.9:1 | 100% (574) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 50.2 | 11.2:1 | 92% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 31 | 12.1:1 | 98% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 28 | 12.1:1 | 98% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 25.8 | 15.2:1 | 96% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 97% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 65% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 62% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 33 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hephzibah Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 47% (391 to 574); teachers up 72% (25.8 to 44.4).
About Hephzibah Elementary School
At 2542 Ga Highway 88 in Hephzibah, Georgia, Hephzibah Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 574 students.
Hephzibah Elementary School is among 52 schools run by Richmond County, which serves 30,573 students.
By race and ethnicity, Hephzibah Elementary School is 66% Black. Other reported shares: 20% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 56% Black among all Richmond County residents. Hephzibah Elementary School has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Hephzibah Elementary School is 44.4 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.9:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. The school counts 574 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Hephzibah Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 25.7% at Hephzibah Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 12.8%.
Hephzibah Elementary School is located in Richmond County, where median household income is about $55,637, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Hephzibah Elementary School is one of 58 public schools in Richmond County, which together enroll about 31,674 students.
The nearest other public school, Hephzibah High School, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Hephzibah Elementary School. By average proficiency, Hephzibah Elementary School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Reported enrollment: 340 (2020-21) and 574 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
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Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,069
Census ACS
Median income
$55,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
31,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 878 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Other schools in Hephzibah
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Georgia School for Innovation and the ClassicsCombined · 1,015 students
- Pine Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Hephzibah Middle SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- Diamond Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Deer Chase Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Hephzibah High School0.7 mi · 1,041
- Hephzibah Middle School0.8 mi · 728
- Spirit Creek Middle School2.6 mi · 530
- Pine Hill Middle School3.2 mi · 757
- Deer Chase Elementary School4.1 mi · 555
- Diamond Lakes Elementary School4.1 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About Hephzibah Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hephzibah Elementary School?
Hephzibah Elementary School enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hephzibah Elementary School serve?
Hephzibah Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hephzibah Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Hephzibah Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Hephzibah Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hephzibah Elementary School are roughly 20% White, 5% Hispanic, 66% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Hephzibah Elementary School in?
Hephzibah Elementary School is part of Richmond County.
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