High Shoals Elementary School

Set in Bishop, Georgia, High Shoals Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school, run under Oconee County. It teaches 585 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in Oconee County (8,474 students total), High Shoals Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, High Shoals Elementary School logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder is composed of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Oconee County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, High Shoals Elementary School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), High Shoals Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.2%; this one delivers 73.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oconee County) reports that median household earnings sit near $121,217, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. High Shoals Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Oconee County (combined enrollment of about 8,474 students).

Nearest neighbor: Oconee County High School, around 3.5 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, High Shoals Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 75.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 546 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 87% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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