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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