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Twin City Elementary School
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 54.8% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 63.4% |
| 2021-22 | 34.9% | 49.1% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 17 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
Schools most like Twin City Elementary School
Twin City Elementary School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin City Elementary School this school | 515 | 82.9% | 51.3% |
| Social Circle Primary School Social Circle | 523 | 84.1% | N/A |
| Lincoln County Elementary School Lincolnton | 602 | 84.1% | 43.4% |
| Whigham Elementary School Whigham | 543 | 79.2% | 45.2% |
| Long Cane Elementary School LaGrange | 605 | 87.8% | 53.7% |
| Social Circle Elementary School Social Circle | 436 | 77.3% | 45.6% |
Where Twin City Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #320 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #365 of 1,215 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #372 of 1,215 ▲ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #300 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #822 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #684 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #785 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #678 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #322 of 854 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 515 | 38.1 | 13.5:1 | 83% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 39.1 | 13.1:1 | 83% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 41.1 | 12.7:1 | 98% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 87% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 97% (600) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 34 | 18.3:1 | 88% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 28 | 20.5:1 | 73% (418) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 31 | 17.2:1 | 73% (392) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (616 to 515); teachers up 9% (35 to 38.1).
About Twin City Elementary School
This page covers Twin City Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Twin City, Georgia. It enrolled 515 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Emanuel County enrolls 3,939 students, and its 6 schools include Twin City Elementary School.
A majority of students at Twin City Elementary School, 65%, are White. Other reported shares: 26% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Twin City Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Its teaching staff equals 38.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 83%. The 93% average for public schools in Emanuel County is 10 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Twin City Elementary School is A. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Twin City Elementary School is +16.8 points, in the top 10% of Georgia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.3%, and the predicted rate is 34.5%.
Within Emanuel County, median household income is about $52,772, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Emanuel County number 6 and enroll about 3,939.
The next-closest public school is Emanuel County Institute, about 0.4 miles away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within ten miles of Twin City Elementary School. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Twin City Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
The number of students declined from 529 to 515 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Emanuel County at a glance
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