Summary:
The city of Ailey, Georgia has only one public elementary school, Montgomery County Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 440 students. The school is part of the Montgomery County School District, which is ranked 100 out of 206 districts in Georgia and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Montgomery County Elementary School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, dropping from 721 out of 1,248 Georgia elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 883 out of 1,238 in 2024-2025. The school's performance on the Milestones Assessment is generally below the state average in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across grades 3-5. For example, in 2024-2025, the percentage of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in ELA was 20.4% at the school, compared to the state average of 34.9%. In Mathematics, the school's 5th-grade proficiency rate was 23.7%, while the state average was 42.6%.
The school serves a predominantly low-income population, with 93.41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024. Despite the high spending per student of $11,344, the school's academic performance suggests that the resources may not be effectively utilized to support student learning. The school's student-teacher ratio of 11.8 to 1 in 2023-2024 is relatively low, but it does not appear to be translating into better academic outcomes for the students.
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