L. K. Moss Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary campus in Buena Vista, Georgia, L. K. Moss Elementary School enrolls 606 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Marion County.

Across the 2 schools in Marion County (1,293 students total), L. K. Moss Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, L. K. Moss Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Black, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting L. K. Moss Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), L. K. Moss Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.4%.

Around the school, census data for Marion County shows the typical household earns roughly $51,667 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Marion County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,293 students), of which L. K. Moss Elementary School is one.

Marion County Middle/High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.2 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), L. K. Moss Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 693 students in 2018 compared to 606 in 2025.

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