Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438002280
McBean Elementary School
1165 Hephzibah McBean Rd, Hephzibah, GA 30815 · (706) 592-3723 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
384 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 34% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
29.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.3pp since 2021
Math
29.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.9% | 29.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.4% | 26.4% |
| 2021-22 | 32.2% | 31.6% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like McBean Elementary School
McBean Elementary School's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McBean Elementary School this school | 384 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| North Brooks Elementary School Morven | 354 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Montgomery County Elementary School Ailey | 435 | 100.0% | 31.3% |
| Bacon County Elementary School Alma | 448 | 100.0% | 51.3% |
| Wheeler County Elementary School Alamo | 433 | 100.0% | 44.9% |
| Ruskin Elementary School Waycross | 363 | 100.0% | 44.8% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where McBean Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #761 of 1,208 | #4 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #875 of 1,215 ▼ 146 | #4 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #718 of 1,215 ▲ 15 | #5 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.3pp | #267 of 1,183 | #6 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #1,124 of 1,324 | #24 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #352 of 1,301 | #7 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #364 of 1,301 | #3 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #373 of 1,312 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #666 of 854 | #15 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
384
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 384 | 31.2 | 12.3:1 | 100% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 30.1 | 12.5:1 | 80% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 98% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 98% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 29.4 | 13.9:1 | 96% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 97% (391) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 29 | 18.2:1 | 73% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 66% (331) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McBean Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (410 to 384); teachers up 6% (29.4 to 31.2).
About McBean Elementary School
McBean Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Hephzibah, Georgia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 384 students. That is 37% below the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Richmond County has a total of 52 schools and 30,573 students, McBean Elementary School among them.
At McBean Elementary School, 52% of students are White. Smaller groups are 28% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Richmond County is roughly 33% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, McBean Elementary School scores 63%.
McBean Elementary School lists 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.3 students per teacher. The school's 12.3:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body.
McBean Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Georgia public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, McBean Elementary School is 5.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 31.5%. Predicted: 25.7%.
Census data for Richmond County show median household income comes to about $55,637, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. There are 58 public schools in the county, enrolling about 31,674, McBean Elementary School among them.
McBean Elementary School's nearest public school is Goshen Elementary School (about 5.3 miles). Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, McBean Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 384, up from 359 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 13.8 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to McBean Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,069
Census ACS
Median income
$55,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
31,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 878 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Other schools in Hephzibah
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Georgia School for Innovation and the ClassicsCombined · 1,015 students
- Pine Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Hephzibah Middle SchoolMiddle · 728 students
- Diamond Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Hephzibah Elementary SchoolElementary · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Goshen Elementary School5.3 mi · 437
- Pine Hill Middle School5.9 mi · 757
- Cross Creek High School6.5 mi · 1,152
- Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics6.7 mi · 1,015
- Hephzibah Middle School6.9 mi · 728
- Hephzibah High School7.1 mi · 1,041
Frequently asked questions
About McBean Elementary SchoolHow large is McBean Elementary School?
McBean Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-05.
Is McBean Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McBean Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does McBean Elementary School have?
McBean Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
How diverse is McBean Elementary School?
McBean Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 10% Hispanic, 28% Black, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees McBean Elementary School?
McBean Elementary School is overseen by Richmond County in Richmond County.
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