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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON COUNTY·NCES 130288001232
Tucker Elementary School
1300 Tucker Rd, Perry, GA 31069 · (478) 988-6278 · Houston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
461 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 54 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
39.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.9pp since 2021
Math
41.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 40.8% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 44.7% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Tucker Elementary School
Tucker Elementary School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tucker Elementary School this school | 486 | 94.9% | 38.0% |
| Hogansville Elementary School Hogansville | 469 | 94.0% | 43.8% |
| East Laurens Elementary School East Dublin | 467 | 100.0% | 43.0% |
| Jackson Elementary School Jackson | 503 | 100.0% | 26.3% |
| Johnson County Elementary School Wrightsville | 508 | 100.0% | 35.7% |
| Wilcox County Elementary School Rochelle | 547 | 95.6% | 45.2% |
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 Tucker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Houston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #592 of 1,208 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #596 of 1,215 ▼ 11 | #12 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #488 of 1,215 ▲ 14 | #13 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #342 of 1,183 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #893 of 1,324 | #22 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #563 of 1,301 | #5 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #381 of 1,301 | #14 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #527 of 1,312 | #11 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #239 of 386 | #5 of 7 |
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
486
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 486 | 37.1 | 13.1:1 | 95% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 37.2 | 13.3:1 | 64% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 35.5 | 13.2:1 | 84% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 81% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 29 | 15.7:1 | 97% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 97% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 384 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 72% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 56% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tucker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (454 to 486); teachers up 28% (29 to 37.1).
About Tucker Elementary School
Tucker Elementary School is an elementary school in Perry, Georgia, and it is part of Houston County. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 486 students.
Houston County (38 schools, 30,939 students) runs Tucker Elementary School.
The biggest share of students at Tucker Elementary School, 45%, is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 40% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Houston County overall, about 54% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tucker Elementary School scores 63%.
On staff are 37.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. Tucker Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 95%. For comparison, public schools in Houston County average 74%.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Tucker Elementary School's results are 9.7 points above predicted: 38.0% against 28.3%.
In Houston County, median household income comes to about $80,698, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 39, with about 30,939 students.
Tucker Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Morningside Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Tucker Elementary School holds 6 other public schools. Tucker Elementary School's average proficiency of 38.0% compares with 58.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Tucker Elementary School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 486, from 499 in 2020-21. The ratio was 14.7:1 in 2020-21 and 13.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Houston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,649
Census ACS
Median income
$80,698
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
30,939 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Houston County
- Houston County High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Veterans High SchoolHigh · 1,940 students
- Warner Robins High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,615 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
Other schools in Perry
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,615 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- Kings Chapel Elementary SchoolElementary · 690 students
- Langston Road Primary SchoolElementary · 526 students
- Matt Arthur Primary SchoolElementary · 521 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
Other Tucker Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Tucker Elementary. Tucker Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Tucker Elementary SchoolPHILADELPHIA, MS · 119 students
Nearby schools
- Morningside Elementary School1.2 mi · 488
- Perry High School1.3 mi · 1,615
- Perry Middle School2.5 mi · 1,164
- Langston Road Elementary School3.6 mi · 473
- Langston Road Primary School3.7 mi · 526
- Kings Chapel Elementary School4.0 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Tucker Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tucker Elementary School?
Tucker Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tucker Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tucker Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tucker Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Tucker Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Tucker Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tucker Elementary School are roughly 45% White, 7% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Tucker Elementary School in?
Tucker Elementary School is part of Houston County.
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