Elementary · Georgia
Baker County Elementary
Free meals for allBaker County Elementary, a public elementary school in Newton, Georgia: grades pre-k–5, 138 students, 12.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Baker County.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 138
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.3
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Georgia
Median 13.4 · 1,309 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 76% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 100% of elementary schools in Georgia
Median 579 · 1,309 schools compared
Smaller than 93% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Georgia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Georgia: 40%18%proficient
A lower share proficient than 88% of elementary schools in Georgia
Median 35% · 1,236 elementary schools compared
67 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Georgia: 43%22%proficient
A lower share proficient than 83% of elementary schools in Georgia
Median 41% · 1,236 elementary schools compared
67 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Distant rural area
- Run by
- Baker County
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Baker County.
Location
- Address
- 260 Ga Hwy 37 SW, Newton, GA 39870
- Phone
- (229)734-5274
- City or town
- Newton
- County
- Baker County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mitchell County Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 343 | 10.9 | — | — |
Mitchell County Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 276 | 10.7 | 24% | 38% |
Pelham Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 578 | 13.0 | 21% | 39% |
Lamar Reese School of the ArtsFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 368 | 12.3 | 43% | 47% |
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 537 | 16.3 | 14% | 18% |
Alice Coachman Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 448 | 14.9 | 15% | 17% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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