West Fannin Elementary School

West Fannin Elementary School, a compact elementary school in Blue Ridge, Georgia, overseen by Fannin County, instructs 443 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 605.

Fannin County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,753 students; West Fannin Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, West Fannin Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder is composed of 12% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, West Fannin Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 42.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fannin County) shows that median household income runs about $57,073, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. West Fannin Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Fannin County (combined enrollment of about 2,753 students).

Blue Ridge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Fannin Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. West Fannin Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 484 (now 443). White enrollment moved from 90% to 86% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.