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What do students at Kay Road Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 624 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEACH COUNTY·NCES 130405002143
Kay Road Elementary
880 Kay Rd, Byron, GA 31008 · (478) 825-8893 · Peach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
512 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 37 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
29.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.3pp since 2021
Math
32.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 34.4% |
| 2022-23 | 35.8% | 35.4% |
| 2021-22 | 35.9% | 30.0% |
% 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Kay Road Elementary
Kay Road Elementary's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kay Road Elementary this school | 512 | 100.0% | 32.5% |
| Eastside Elementary School Douglas | 575 | 100.0% | 23.5% |
| Russell Elementary School Warner Robins | 576 | 100.0% | 47.4% |
| Martha Rawls Smith Elementary School Jesup | 543 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
| Charles Spencer Elementary School Tifton | 428 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
| Miller Elementary School Warner Robins | 487 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
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 Kay Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #735 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #801 of 1,215 ▼ 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #733 of 1,215 ▲ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.9pp | #287 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #830 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #531 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #210 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #348 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #458 of 854 |
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
512
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 512 | 39.3 | 13.0:1 | 100% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 40 | 13.2:1 | 81% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 529 | 39.5 | 13.4:1 | 82% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 75% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 35 | 16.7:1 | 88% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 87% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 73% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 83% (484) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 44 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kay Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (584 to 512); teachers up 12% (35 to 39.3).
About Kay Road Elementary
Federal records list Kay Road Elementary as an elementary school in Byron, Georgia. The school had 512 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Peach County enrolls 3,980 students in 7 schools, including Kay Road Elementary.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Kay Road Elementary. The largest is Black students, at 46%. The next largest groups are 27% White, 20% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1 at Kay Road Elementary, with 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%. That tracks the 98% average for public schools in Peach County.
Kay Road Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.5% is 6.8 points above the 25.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Peach County, the median household income is $71,293, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Peach County is home to 7 public schools and about 3,980 public school students.
Nearby, Byron Middle School is about 2.3 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 39.7% on proficiency, and Kay Road Elementary is below that at 32.5%.
Kay Road Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
The school enrolled 512 students in 2024-25, 15 fewer than the 527 it had in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Peach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,560
Census ACS
Median income
$71,293
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
3,980 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Peach County
- Peach County High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Byron Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 654 students
- Byron Middle SchoolMiddle · 452 students
- Fort Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 434 students
- Peach County Achievement AcademyHigh · 60 students
Other schools in Byron
- Byron Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Eagle Springs ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Byron Middle SchoolMiddle · 452 students
Nearby schools
- Byron Middle School2.3 mi · 452
- Byron Elementary School2.5 mi · 706
- Eagle Springs Elementary3.5 mi · 665
- Peach County High School4.5 mi · 1,162
- Thomson Middle School4.5 mi · 734
- Centerville Elementary School4.7 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About Kay Road ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kay Road Elementary?
Kay Road Elementary enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kay Road Elementary serve?
Kay Road Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kay Road Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kay Road Elementary is approximately 13.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kay Road Elementary?
Student demographics at Kay Road Elementary are roughly 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Kay Road Elementary in?
Kay Road Elementary is part of Peach County.
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