Tucker Elementary School

Set in Perry, Georgia, Tucker Elementary School is a cozy elementary campus, one of the schools within Houston County. It educates 486 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Houston County runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 30,939 students. Tucker Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Tucker Elementary School records that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 40% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Houston County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Tucker Elementary School logs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Houston County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tucker Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.3%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of +9.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Houston County indicate median household income runs about $80,698, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Tucker Elementary School is one of 39 public schools in Houston County (combined enrollment of about 30,939 students).

The closest other public school is Morningside Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tucker Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

Tucker Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Tucker Elementary School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 486). The White share of enrollment contracted from 56% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Tucker Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.