Lyons Upper Elementary

Lyons Upper Elementary operates as a small elementary school in Lyons, Georgia, part of Toombs County. Current enrollment sits at 478 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 605.

Within Toombs County, which oversees 5 schools and 3,118 students, Lyons Upper Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Lyons Upper Elementary shows that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Toombs County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lyons Upper Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Lyons Upper Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Lyons Upper Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lyons Upper Elementary sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.7%; actual is 43.3%, +17.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Toombs County indicate the typical household earns roughly $52,621 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Toombs County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,397 students), Lyons Upper Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Toombs County Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lyons Upper Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lyons Upper Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 478 students in 2018 to 478 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 37% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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