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If you had an hour of school board time for Towns County Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 322 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOWNS COUNTY·NCES 130507002997
Towns County Elementary School
1150 Konahetah Rd, Hiawassee, GA 30546 · (706) 896-4131 · Towns County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
471 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Towns County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +12.4pp since 2021
Math
45.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
490
+63 (+15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.7:1
% White
87%
was 90%
% Hispanic
6%
was 7%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Towns County Elementary School
Towns County Elementary School, a close-knit primary school in Hiawassee, Georgia, operated by Towns County, instructs 490 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 3 schools in Towns County (966 students total), Towns County Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Towns County Elementary School shows that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Towns County Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Towns County's rate of about 87%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Towns County 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 27.7%; Towns County Elementary School posts 49.3%, +21.7 points above that line.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Towns County put the typical household earns roughly $59,135 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Towns County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 966 students), Towns County Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Towns County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Towns County Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Towns County Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 57.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Five-year trend. Towns County Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 427 (now 490).
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Towns County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,913
Census ACS
Median income
$59,135
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
966 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Towns County
- Towns County High SchoolHigh · 279 students
- Towns County Middle SchoolMiddle · 197 students
Other schools in Hiawassee
- Towns County High SchoolHigh · 279 students
- Towns County Middle SchoolMiddle · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Towns County High School0.0 mi · 279
- Towns County Middle School0.0 mi · 197
- Hayesville Primary School8.9 mi · 375
- Hayesville High8.9 mi · 366
- Hayesville Middle9.0 mi · 301
- Hayesville Elementary9.0 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About Towns County Elementary SchoolHow large is Towns County Elementary School?
Towns County Elementary School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades PK-05.
Is Towns County Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Towns County Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Towns County Elementary School?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at Towns County Elementary School.
How diverse is Towns County Elementary School?
Towns County Elementary School reports a student body of 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Towns County Elementary School?
Towns County Elementary School is overseen by Towns County in Towns County.
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