Enrollment
360
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLQUITT COUNTY·NCES 130138000586
Okapilco Elementary School
3300 Ga Highway 33 N, Moultrie, GA 31768 · (229) 890-6191 · Colquitt County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
360 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 62 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Okapilco Elementary School→Willie J. Williams Middle School→CA Gray Junior High School→Colquitt County High School
Based on grade levels within Colquitt County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
26.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.1pp since 2021
Math
29.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.8% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 31.4% |
| 2022-23 | 23.7% | 30.1% |
| 2021-22 | 20.7% | 23.1% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Okapilco Elementary School
Okapilco Elementary School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okapilco Elementary School this school | 360 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
| Northside Elementary School Tifton | 405 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| Whit Davis Road Elementary School Athens | 395 | 96.7% | 29.1% |
| Reese Road Leadership Academy Columbus | 387 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| Winterville Elementary School Winterville | 343 | 93.6% | 28.6% |
| Allen Elementary School Columbus | 436 | 100.0% | 20.9% |
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 Okapilco Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Colquitt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #809 of 1,208 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #865 of 1,215 ▼ 60 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #831 of 1,215 ▼ 11 | #7 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #288 of 1,183 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #1,162 of 1,324 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #72 of 1,301 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #201 of 1,301 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #138 of 1,312 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.7% | #68 of 854 | #1 of 10 |
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
360
-79 (-18%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 304
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 360 | 34.2 | 10.5:1 | 100% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 36.5 | 9.8:1 | 100% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 35.6 | 10.3:1 | 97% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 35 | 12.5:1 | 97% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 39.1 | 13.7:1 | 95% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 95% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 80% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 67% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 304 | 17 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Okapilco Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (535 to 360); teachers down 13% (39.1 to 34.2).
About Okapilco Elementary School
Okapilco Elementary School is a small elementary school in Moultrie, Georgia, under Colquitt County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 360 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 40% smaller than average.
Okapilco Elementary School is one school in Colquitt County, a system of 13 schools with 8,767 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Okapilco Elementary School, at 41%. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 26% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Colquitt County, the Black share is about 23%. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.5:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Okapilco Elementary School scores 29.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.7%.
Colquitt County has these Census figures: the median household income is $49,341, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Colquitt County is home to 13 public schools and about 8,767 public school students.
The shortest distance from Okapilco Elementary School to another public school is about 3.8 miles, to CA Gray Junior High School. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Okapilco Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Okapilco Elementary School declined 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 439 to 360 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.5:1 to 10.5:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Okapilco Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Colquitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,224
Census ACS
Median income
$49,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
8,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colquitt County
- Colquitt County High SchoolHigh · 1,932 students
- CA Gray Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,389 students
- Willie J. Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Norman Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
Other schools in Moultrie
- CA Gray Junior High SchoolHigh · 1,389 students
- Willie J. Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Odom Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- CA Gray Junior High School3.8 mi · 1,389
- Colquitt County High School3.9 mi · 1,932
- Stringfellow Elementary School5.0 mi · 220
- Funston Elementary School5.1 mi · 376
- Willie J. Williams Middle School5.3 mi · 1,285
- Cox Elementary School5.7 mi · 466
Frequently asked questions
About Okapilco Elementary SchoolHow large is Okapilco Elementary School?
Okapilco Elementary School enrolls approximately 360 students in grades PK-05.
Is Okapilco Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Okapilco Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Okapilco Elementary School have?
Okapilco Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Okapilco Elementary School?
Student demographics at Okapilco Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 29% Hispanic, 41% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Okapilco Elementary School?
Okapilco Elementary School is overseen by Colquitt County in Colquitt County.
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