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Malcom Bridge Elementary School
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 79.3% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 76.6% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 75.5% |
| 2021-22 | 74.6% | 79.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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%.
Schools most like Malcom Bridge Elementary School
Malcom Bridge Elementary School's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malcom Bridge Elementary School this school | 591 | 28.9% | 73.3% |
| Coal Mountain Elementary School Cumming | 747 | 31.5% | 50.7% |
| Stevens Creek Elementary School Martinez | 759 | 22.9% | 75.9% |
| Kincaid Elementary School Marietta | 603 | 28.7% | 63.1% |
| White Oak Elementary School Sugar Hill | 722 | 32.3% | 68.1% |
| River Ridge Elementary Evans | 789 | 21.4% | 79.0% |
Where Malcom Bridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Oconee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #69 of 1,208 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #56 of 1,215 ▲ 15 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #81 of 1,215 ▼ 15 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.1pp | #228 of 1,183 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #621 of 1,324 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #629 of 1,301 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #538 of 1,301 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #1,188 of 1,312 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #570 of 854 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 591 | 44.4 | 13.3:1 | 29% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 45.8 | 12.9:1 | 31% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 13% (54) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 650 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 16% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 37 | 15.4:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 22% (156) |
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (650 to 591); teachers up 8% (41 to 44.4).
About Malcom Bridge Elementary School
Malcom Bridge Elementary School, located in Bogart, Georgia, is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 591 students in pre-K through 5.
Oconee County enrolls 8,474 students, and its 12 schools include Malcom Bridge Elementary School.
Roughly 60% of students at Malcom Bridge Elementary School are White. Other groups make up 17% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 83% of Oconee County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 44.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Malcom Bridge Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.3:1. That matches the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 29%. On average, public schools in Oconee County report 18%.
Malcom Bridge Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Malcom Bridge Elementary School is +10.9 points: 73.3% actual, 62.4% predicted.
Oconee County has about 43,551 residents, and the median household income is $121,217, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Malcom Bridge Elementary School, Oconee County has 11 other public schools.
The school nearest to Malcom Bridge Elementary School is Malcom Bridge Middle School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Malcom Bridge Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Malcom Bridge Elementary School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has grown by 168 students since 2020-21, to 591.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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