Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MITCHELL COUNTY·NCES 130369003832
Mitchell County Elementary School
15815 Ga Highway 93, Baconton, GA 31716 · (229) 321-7004 · Mitchell County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
238 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 101 | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 33% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
24.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +12.5pp since 2021
Math
37.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +25.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.4% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 24.6% |
| 2021-22 | 11.9% | 12.5% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Mitchell County Elementary School
Mitchell County Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell County Elementary School this school | 276 | 86.2% | 28.3% |
| Susie King Taylor Community School Savannah | 284 | 85.9% | 18.6% |
| Williams Elementary School Macon | 294 | 84.7% | 11.4% |
| RISE Preparatory Charter School Atlanta | 313 | 87.9% | N/A |
| Mitchell County Primary School Camilla | 343 | 84.3% | N/A |
| Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School Ellenwood | 317 | 90.9% | 17.9% |
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 Mitchell County Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #851 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #667 of 1,215 ▲ 187 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #886 of 1,215 ▲ 65 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.9pp | #13 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #1,262 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #80 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #1,100 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #632 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #151 of 854 |
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
276
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 276 | 25.9 | 10.7:1 | 86% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 26.8 | 9.4:1 | 100% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 26.3 | 10.2:1 | 100% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 25 | 11.1:1 | 100% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 30.2 | 12.2:1 | 98% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 26 | 13.4:1 | 98% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 93% (306) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchell County Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (368 to 276); teachers down 14% (30.2 to 25.9).
About Mitchell County Elementary School
In Baconton, Georgia, part of Mitchell County, Mitchell County Elementary School is an elementary school. The student body numbers 276 students, from grades 3 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
Mitchell County is made up of 4 schools with 1,203 students in all.
The large majority of students at Mitchell County Elementary School, 84%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 9% White and 6% Hispanic. Among all residents of Mitchell County, the Black share is about 45%. The chance that two students picked at random at Mitchell County Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Teachers at the school number 25.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.7:1. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 86% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Mitchell County Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Mitchell County Elementary School's results are 4.5 points below predicted: 28.3% against 32.8%.
Mitchell County census figures show that median household income is about $57,613, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. A total of 8 public schools operate in Mitchell County, serving about 3,390 students.
The next-closest public school is Baconton Community Charter School, about 1.0 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within ten miles of Mitchell County Elementary School. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mitchell County Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Mitchell County Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 276, close to the 278 recorded in 2020-21.
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Mitchell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,058
Census ACS
Median income
$57,613
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,390 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mitchell County
- Mitchell County Primary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Mitchell County High SchoolHigh · 334 students
- Mitchell County Middle SchoolMiddle · 250 students
Nearby schools
- Baconton Community Charter School1.0 mi · 941
- Lamar Reese School of the Arts9.6 mi · 368
- Radium Springs Middle School9.7 mi · 747
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School9.9 mi · 537
- Radium Springs Elementary School10.7 mi · 682
- Mitchell County High School11.0 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchell County Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mitchell County Elementary School?
Mitchell County Elementary School enrolls approximately 276 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Mitchell County Elementary School serve?
Mitchell County Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Mitchell County Elementary School have?
Mitchell County Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Mitchell County Elementary School?
Student demographics at Mitchell County Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 6% Hispanic, 84% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Mitchell County Elementary School in?
Mitchell County Elementary School is part of Mitchell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.