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Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKE COUNTY·NCES 130117003905
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary
2300 Danielsville Rd, Athens, GA 30601 · (706) 357-5203 · Clarke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
9.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
392 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 46 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
24.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
33.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.9% | 34.1% |
| 2021-22 | 25.7% | 29.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Judia Jackson Harris Elementary
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judia Jackson Harris Elementary this school | 392 | 100.0% | 29.6% |
| Unidos Dual Language School Forest Park | 394 | 100.0% | 37.3% |
| LaBelle Elementary School Marietta | 339 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Milford Elementary School Marietta | 389 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
| Lake Forest Elementary Atlanta | 534 | 100.0% | 29.5% |
| Park Street Elementary School Marietta | 476 | 92.4% | 29.4% |
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 Judia Jackson Harris Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clarke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #811 of 1,208 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #775 of 1,215 ▼ 172 | #8 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #877 of 1,215 ▲ 118 | #8 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #636 of 1,183 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #1,110 of 1,324 | #9 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #28 of 1,301 | #7 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #927 of 1,301 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #74 of 1,312 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #116 of 854 | #3 of 13 |
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
392
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 392 | 40.5 | 9.7:1 | 100% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 45 | 8.8:1 | 81% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 44.1 | 9.2:1 | 83% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 46 | 9.0:1 | 82% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 48 | 11.2:1 | 92% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 47 | 11.8:1 | 92% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 45 | 11.5:1 | 99% (515) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judia Jackson Harris Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (539 to 392); teachers down 16% (48 to 40.5).
About Judia Jackson Harris Elementary
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary is an elementary school in Athens, Georgia, reachable at (706) 357-5203. The school had 392 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary is one of the 21 schools that make up Clarke County (12,275 students in total).
At 73%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Judia Jackson Harris Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 21% Black and 4% White. County-wide, 12% of Clarke County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Judia Jackson Harris Elementary comes in at 42%.
With 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Judia Jackson Harris Elementary was 9.7:1. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. Judia Jackson Harris Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. It compares with 91% for public schools in Clarke County.
allk12 grades Judia Jackson Harris Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Judia Jackson Harris Elementary is 4.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Clarke County, median household income is about $53,625, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Judia Jackson Harris Elementary is among the 22 public schools in Clarke County.
Fowler Drive Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line. Judia Jackson Harris Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Judia Jackson Harris Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
The number of students declined from 413 to 392 over 4 years.
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Clarke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,609
Census ACS
Median income
$53,625
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,750 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clarke County
- Clarke Central High SchoolHigh · 1,907 students
- Cedar Shoals High SchoolHigh · 1,489 students
- Clarke Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle SchoolMiddle · 707 students
- Whitehead Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Hilsman Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
Other schools in Athens
- Clarke Central High SchoolHigh · 1,907 students
- Cedar Shoals High SchoolHigh · 1,489 students
- Foothills Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Clarke Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- South Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle SchoolMiddle · 707 students
Nearby schools
- Fowler Drive Elementary School1.7 mi · 366
- Hull-Sanford Elementary School2.6 mi · 494
- Howard B. Stroud Elementary School2.6 mi · 350
- Coile Middle School3.1 mi · 582
- Winterville Elementary School4.2 mi · 343
- Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary School4.2 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Judia Jackson Harris ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Judia Jackson Harris Elementary?
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary enrolls approximately 392 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Judia Jackson Harris Elementary serve?
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Judia Jackson Harris Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Judia Jackson Harris Elementary is approximately 9.7:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Judia Jackson Harris Elementary?
At Judia Jackson Harris Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 73% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Judia Jackson Harris Elementary in?
Judia Jackson Harris Elementary is part of Clarke County.
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