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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELHAM CITY·NCES 130408001485
Pelham Elementary School
534 Barrow Ave SW, Pelham, GA 31779 · (229) 294-8170 · Mitchell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- 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
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
578 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 55 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within Pelham City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
21.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.5pp since 2021
Math
39.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 27.7% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 32.5% |
| 2021-22 | 16.5% | 30.2% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 Pelham Elementary School
Pelham Elementary School's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham Elementary School this school | 578 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
| Shirley Hills Elementary School Warner Robins | 565 | 100.0% | 46.6% |
| Sally Dailey Meadows Elementary School Vidalia | 622 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| West Bainbridge Primary School Bainbridge | 556 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Mattie Lively Elementary School Statesboro | 607 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
| Quitman Elementary School Quitman | 596 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
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 Pelham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #861 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #635 of 1,215 ▲ 258 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #983 of 1,215 ▲ 83 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #275 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #660 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #541 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #581 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #349 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #251 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
578
-78 (-12%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 1,171
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 578 | 44.3 | 13.1:1 | 100% (578) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 47.5 | 12.8:1 | 100% (608) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 46.3 | 13.4:1 | 100% (620) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 100% (656) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 45.7 | 15.7:1 | 100% (716) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 100% (745) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | 44 | 16.2:1 | 83% (592) |
| 2000-01 | 839 | 47 | 17.9:1 | 79% (661) |
| 1990-91 | 1,171 | 67 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pelham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (716 to 578); teachers down 3% (45.7 to 44.3).
About Pelham Elementary School
Pelham Elementary School is one of the public schools in Pelham, Georgia. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 578 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Pelham Elementary School is in Pelham City, a district with 1,246 students across 3 schools.
More than half of the students at Pelham Elementary School are Black (57%). The remaining shares are 29% White and 11% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Mitchell County's population at about 45%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pelham Elementary School scores 57%.
There are 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pelham Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 13.3:1. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Mitchell County averages 90%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Pelham Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Pelham Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.9% and a predicted 25.7%.
In Mitchell County, home to about 21,058 people, the median household earns about $57,613 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 18%. Pelham Elementary School shares Mitchell County with 7 other public schools.
Pelham High School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pelham Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Pelham Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 78 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Pelham City
- Pelham High SchoolHigh · 381 students
- Pelham City Middle SchoolMiddle · 287 students
Other schools in Pelham
- Shiver Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Pelham High SchoolHigh · 381 students
- Pelham City Middle SchoolMiddle · 287 students
Other Pelham Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Pelham Elementary. Pelham Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Pelham Elementary SchoolPelham, NH · 750 students
- Pelham ElementaryPelham, TN · 165 students
- Pelham ElementaryPelham, MA · 128 students
Nearby schools
- Pelham High School0.4 mi · 381
- Pelham City Middle School0.6 mi · 287
- Shiver Elementary School8.3 mi · 579
- Mitchell County Primary School9.5 mi · 343
- Mitchell County Middle School9.7 mi · 250
- Mitchell County High School9.9 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About Pelham Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pelham Elementary School?
Pelham Elementary School enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pelham Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pelham Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pelham Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Pelham Elementary School.
How diverse is Pelham Elementary School?
Pelham Elementary School reports a student body of 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 57% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Pelham Elementary School public or private?
Pelham Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pelham City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.