Mattie Wells Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in Macon, Georgia, Mattie Wells Elementary School caters to 584 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Jones County.

Mattie Wells Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Jones County, a district that hosts 5,004 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Mattie Wells Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 44% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Jones County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mattie Wells Elementary School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Jones County's rate of about 41%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mattie Wells Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.6%; actual is 31.6%, a gap of -18.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jones County indicate median household income runs about $75,500, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Jones County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,004 students), of which Mattie Wells Elementary School is one.

Clifton Ridge Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Mattie Wells Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Mattie Wells Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Mattie Wells Elementary School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 692 (now 584). White enrollment moved from 59% to 46% across the same window.

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