Enrollment
287
Elementary
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCDUFFIE COUNTY·NCES 130357000459
Norris Elementary School
1861 Harrison Rd SE, Thomson, GA 30824 · (706) 986-4600 · McDuffie County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL287 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
287 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 4 | 138 | 48% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 52% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within McDuffie County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
31.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.9pp since 2021
Math
28.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.2% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 28.8% |
| 2022-23 | 26.1% | 31.2% |
| 2021-22 | 23.3% | 19.6% |
% 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Norris Elementary School
Norris Elementary School's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norris Elementary School this school | 287 | 100.0% | 30.7% |
| Thomson Elementary School Thomson | 322 | 100.0% | 40.0% |
| Hannan Elementary Columbus | 322 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Louisville Academy School Louisville | 339 | 100.0% | 25.3% |
| Wynnton Elementary School Columbus | 332 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| Freeman Elementary School Warrenton | 315 | 100.0% | 19.9% |
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 Norris Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #782 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #897 of 1,215 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #686 of 1,215 ▲ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #203 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 287 | #1,251 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #540 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #885 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #301 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.5% | #38 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
287
-116 (-29%) vs 2020
-58% since 2000-01, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 287 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 100% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 24.1 | 11.9:1 | 100% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 27.1 | 11.2:1 | 94% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 93% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 29.1 | 15.8:1 | 88% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 82% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 76% (443) |
| 2000-01 | 680 | 38 | 17.9:1 | 55% (373) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Norris Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (459 to 287); teachers down 24% (29.1 to 22).
About Norris Elementary School
Norris Elementary School is a small elementary school in Thomson, Georgia. Students in grades 4 through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 287 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students.
McDuffie County is made up of 6 schools with 3,088 students in all.
At 72%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Norris Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 18% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. Among all residents of McDuffie County, the Black share is about 40%. By the diversity index, Norris Elementary School comes in at 44%.
Staffing totals 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Norris Elementary School is 100%. The gap from the 86% average for public schools in McDuffie County is 14 points.
allk12 grades Norris Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.7%.
Norris Elementary School is located in McDuffie County, where median household income is about $56,733, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 6 public schools in McDuffie County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,088.
Thomson-McDuffie Middle School is located about 0.8 miles from Norris Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Norris Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Norris Elementary School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Norris Elementary School had 403 students in 2020-21 and 287 in 2024-25, a 29% decrease. The ratio was 14.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
McDuffie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,718
Census ACS
Median income
$56,733
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
3,088 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McDuffie County
- Thomson High SchoolHigh · 962 students
- Thomson-McDuffie Middle SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Maxwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Dearing Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Thomson Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
Other schools in Thomson
- Thomson High SchoolHigh · 962 students
- Thomson-McDuffie Middle SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Maxwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
- Thomson Elementary SchoolElementary · 322 students
Other Norris Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Norris Elementary. Norris Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Norris ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 810 students
- Norris Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 606 students
- NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFIRTH, NE · 512 students
- NORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 421 students
- Norris ElementaryNorris, TN · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Thomson-McDuffie Middle School0.8 mi · 667
- Thomson High School0.9 mi · 962
- Thomson Elementary School1.5 mi · 322
- Maxwell Elementary School2.1 mi · 436
- Dearing Elementary School7.1 mi · 414
- Harlem Middle School10.0 mi · 1,025
Frequently asked questions
About Norris Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Norris Elementary School?
Norris Elementary School enrolls approximately 287 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Norris Elementary School serve?
Norris Elementary School serves grades 04-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Norris Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Norris Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Norris Elementary School?
At Norris Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 2% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Norris Elementary School in?
Norris Elementary School is part of McDuffie County.
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