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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042002472
Heritage Elementary School
6050 Thomaston Rd, Macon, GA 31220 · (478) 779-4715 · Bibb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
321 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 50 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
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
26.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.3pp since 2021
Math
32.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.5% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 30.3% |
| 2022-23 | 31.4% | 27.5% |
| 2021-22 | 28.8% | 26.7% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% 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 Heritage Elementary School
Heritage Elementary School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Elementary School this school | 524 | 61.3% | 31.5% |
| Vineville Academy Macon | 479 | 56.8% | 37.0% |
| Rosa Taylor Elementary School Macon | 583 | 63.8% | 16.0% |
| Lane Elementary School Macon | 484 | 64.9% | 32.2% |
| Woodland Elementary School Stockbridge | 491 | 68.4% | 29.1% |
| Mirror Lake Elementary School Villa Rica | 554 | 67.7% | 36.5% |
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 Heritage Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #764 of 1,208 | #9 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #804 of 1,215 ▲ 30 | #9 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #835 of 1,215 ▼ 194 | #9 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #621 of 1,183 | #13 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #802 of 1,324 | #8 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #723 of 1,301 | #8 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #755 of 1,301 | #6 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.3% | #929 of 1,312 | #15 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.5% | #76 of 854 | #1 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
524
-77 (-13%) vs 2020
-30% since 2010-11, when it was 751
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 524 | 38.4 | 13.7:1 | 61% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 37.9 | 13.8:1 | 52% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 43.5 | 13.0:1 | 100% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 100% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 765 | 46.8 | 16.4:1 | 99% (759) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 99% (741) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 64% (482) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heritage Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (765 to 524); teachers down 18% (46.8 to 38.4).
About Heritage Elementary School
Heritage Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Bibb County in Macon, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 524 students.
The 35 schools in Bibb County enroll 21,334 students altogether, Heritage Elementary School among them.
Black students are 67% of those enrolled at Heritage Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 18% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Bibb County's population at about 55%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.7:1 is based on 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 13.3:1. In all, 61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 61% average for public schools in Bibb County.
BeatsExpectations places Heritage Elementary School in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 14.2 points below it (31.5% actual, 45.7% predicted).
In Bibb County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $51,234 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Bibb County number 41, with about 23,725 students.
Heritage Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Weaver Middle School, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Heritage Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 601 students in 2020-21 to 524 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 Heritage Elementary schools
47 other US public schools in 24 states are named Heritage Elementary. Heritage Elementary School is the 24th largest of the 48.
- Heritage Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 597 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYWENTZVILLE, MO · 1,039 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 869 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 832 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGREENACRES, FL · 817 students
Nearby schools
- Weaver Middle School1.6 mi · 894
- Westside High School2.0 mi · 1,013
- Union Elementary School2.0 mi · 475
- Carter Elementary School2.4 mi · 520
- Veterans Elementary School3.3 mi · 715
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School4.0 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Heritage Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Heritage Elementary School?
Heritage Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
Is Heritage Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Heritage Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Heritage Elementary School have?
Heritage Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Heritage Elementary School?
Student demographics at Heritage Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 5% Hispanic, 67% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Heritage Elementary School?
Heritage Elementary School is overseen by Bibb County in Bibb County.
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