Lyerly Elementary School

Lyerly Elementary School, a small elementary campus in Lyerly, Georgia, part of Chattooga County, serves 335 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Lyerly Elementary School sits 45% below that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in Chattooga County (2,676 students total), Lyerly Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Lyerly Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Chattooga County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Chattooga County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lyerly Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.6%, the actual is 31.2%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Chattooga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,285 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Chattooga County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,917 students), of which Lyerly Elementary School is one.

Summerville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lyerly Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lyerly Elementary School has ticked down 9%, going from 370 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 91% to 81% over that span.

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