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Best Public Schools in Appling County, GA

Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

At a glance

Schools

3,414

Students

Top rankedAppling County Middle School104^th of 578 Georgia middle schools

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Biggest riser

Appling County Elementary School up 174 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Appling County Middle School 11.8 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2026)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2026)	Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)						Milestones Assessment Science (2026)		Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Appling County Primary School	Public	PK, KG-3	678 Blackshear Hwy	Baxley	31513	Appling County	Appling County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 367-8642																			(n/a)				71.8
Appling County Elementary School	Public	4-5	680 Blackshear Hwy	Baxley	31513	Appling County	Appling County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 367-8640	1,113	88	12.5	100.0%	528 (47.4%)	259 (23.3%)	259 (23.3%)	8 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (5.3%)	74.2	282^nd of 1222 public elementary schools	76.9%		58.5	456^th of 1238 public elementary schools	63.2%	174					63.3	50.7				54.7			$15,303	$2,036	$13,267
Fourth District Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13396 Blackshear Hwy	Surrency	31563	Appling County	Appling County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 367-3250	148	12	12.6	95.3%	98 (66.2%)	11 (7.4%)	24 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (10.1%)	57.9	455^th of 1222 public elementary schools	62.8%		53.2	522^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	57.8%	67				64.7	47.4	51.6				35.5			$16,857	$2,109	$14,748
Appling County Middle School	Public	6-8	2997 Blackshear Hwy	Baxley	31513	Appling County	Appling County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 367-8630	759	64	11.8	100.0%	406 (53.5%)	155 (20.4%)	171 (22.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (2.8%)	78.9	104^th of 578 public middle schools	82.0%		64	181^st of 585 public middle schools	69.1%	77							49.1	52.9	57.4		46.3	54.5	$13,150	$1,212	$11,938
Appling County High School	Public	9-12	482 Blackshear Hwy	Baxley	31513	Appling County	Appling County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 367-8610	1,013	70	14.5	98.9%	523 (51.6%)	241 (23.8%)	197 (19.4%)	8 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (4.3%)	40.5	221^st of 457 public high schools	51.6%		44.1	207^th of 451 public high schools	54.1%	14	50.4	36.6	34.1										$13,236	$685	$12,551
Altamaha Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	344 Altamaha School Rd	Baxley	31513	Appling County	Appling County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 367-3713	381	28	13.7	100.0%	300 (78.7%)	27 (7.1%)	32 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.8%)	54.9	501^st of 1222 public elementary schools	59.0%		52	540^th of 1238 public elementary schools	56.4%	39				57.6	36.6	58.4				35.8			$13,813	$1,019	$12,794

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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