Odum Elementary School

Odum Elementary School is a K-5 school of small scale in Odum, Georgia, run under Wayne County, educateing 441 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Wayne County runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,348 students. Odum Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Odum Elementary School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Odum Elementary School has 30 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 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Odum Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 39.4%; Odum Elementary School posts 66.6%, +27.2 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Wayne County reports that median household income runs about $53,427, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Odum Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 5,348 students).

The closest other public school is Wayne County High School, roughly 7.6 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Odum Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 37.6%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 6%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.