Whigham Elementary School

Whigham Elementary School is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Whigham, Georgia, one of the schools within Grady County, with 543 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Grady County runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,790 students. Whigham Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Whigham Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 16% Black, 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Whigham Elementary School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Grady County (around 93%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Whigham Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Grady County shows median household income runs about $58,980, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Grady County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,790 students), of which Whigham Elementary School is one.

Washington Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.2 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 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Whigham Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 498 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025.

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