Quitman Elementary School

Quitman Elementary School is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in Quitman, Georgia, operated by Brooks County, with 596 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Brooks County runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,179 students. Quitman Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Quitman Elementary School shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Quitman Elementary School logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Quitman Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 21.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Brooks County indicate the typical household earns roughly $46,807 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Brooks County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,179 students), Quitman Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Brooks County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Quitman Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Quitman Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quitman Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 586 students in 2018 to 596 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 73% to 57%.

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