Upson-Lee Elementary School

As a heavily attended primary school in Thomaston, Georgia, Upson-Lee Elementary School enrolls 932 students from grades 3 through 5, part of Thomaston-Upson County. Enrollment runs roughly 54% above the state mean of about 605.

Across the 4 schools in Thomaston-Upson County (3,996 students total), Upson-Lee Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Upson-Lee Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Upson County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Upson-Lee Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Upson-Lee Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 38.9%, a residual of +13.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Upson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,429 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Upson County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,996 students), Upson-Lee Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Upson-Lee Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Upson-Lee Elementary School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Upson-Lee Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 904 students in 2018 compared to 932 in 2025.

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