Summary:
Kingston, Georgia, is home to a single public elementary school, Kingston Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the Bartow County school district.
Kingston Elementary serves a student body where nearly 73% qualify for free or reduced lunch, a high level of economic disadvantage. The school benefits from strong structural resources: per-student spending is a robust $18,561, and the student-teacher ratio is a favorable 11.3 to 1, suggesting smaller class sizes. Chronic absenteeism is also a positive point, at 14.9%, which is below both the district (15.8%) and state (17.7%) averages. However, these advantages have not yet translated into consistently high test scores. The school has held a 2-star rating for three consecutive years, with its state percentile ranking improving slightly from the 30th to the 34th percentile. The most encouraging academic news is in 3rd grade math, where proficiency jumped from 27.4% to 41.1% in one year, and in 5th grade science, which more than doubled from 16.9% to 32.3% proficiency. These gains show that targeted instruction can make a difference.
Despite these bright spots, significant challenges remain. 4th grade math proficiency actually declined to 27.6%, leaving a 22.5-point gap compared to the state average of 50.1%. In the most recent English Language Arts (ELA) data from 2024-2025, proficiency rates ranged from 25.0% in 3rd grade to 32.4% in 5th grade, all well below state averages. The school’s high spending and low class sizes suggest a strong foundation, but the key takeaway for parents is that while the school is making progress in specific areas, overall academic performance still lags behind district and state benchmarks, particularly in 4th grade math and ELA. The upcoming release of new ELA scores in December will provide a clearer picture of current reading and writing proficiency.
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