Malcom Bridge Elementary School

Malcom Bridge Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus in Bogart, Georgia, part of Oconee County. The school enrolls 591 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Oconee County runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 8,474 students. Malcom Bridge Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Malcom Bridge Elementary School records that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 17% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Oconee County's rate of about 18%.

With demographic context factored in, Malcom Bridge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 73.3%, a residual of +10.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Oconee County) reports that median household earnings sit near $121,217, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Oconee County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,474 students), Malcom Bridge Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Malcom Bridge Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Malcom Bridge Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 66.9%.

Malcom Bridge Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Malcom Bridge Elementary School has contracted 9%, going from 650 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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