Matilda Harris Elementary School

Matilda Harris Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Kingsland, Georgia, part of Camden County, instructing 662 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Camden County, which oversees 12 schools and 9,754 students, Matilda Harris Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Matilda Harris Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 21% Black, 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Matilda Harris Elementary School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Matilda Harris Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 62.0%, a residual of +8.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Camden County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,378 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Matilda Harris Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 9,754 students).

Camden Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Matilda Harris Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 599 students in 2018 compared to 662 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 57% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.