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Best Public Schools in McDuffie 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

2,330

Students

Top rankedDearing Elementary School783^rd of 1,222 Georgia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Thomson High School up 66 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Dearing Elementary School 12.9 students per teacher

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Ranking:

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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)	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science (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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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	Milestones Assessment HS Physical Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Norris Elementary School	Public	4-5	1861 Harrison Rd SE	Thomson	30824	McDuffie County	McDuffie County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 986-4600	287	22	13.0	—	53 (18.5%)	207 (72.1%)	7 (2.4%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.3%)	21	972^nd of 1222 public elementary schools	20.5%		29	853^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	31.1%	119					27.6	24.8				30.7				$16,150	$1,541	$14,608
Dearing Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Main St N	Dearing	30808	McDuffie County	McDuffie County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 986-4900	414	32	12.9	80.0%	238 (57.5%)	98 (23.7%)	46 (11.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	33.1	783^rd of 1222 public elementary schools	35.9%		55	502^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	59.5%	281				36.6	29.2	44.1				32.2				$14,940	$1,504	$13,436
Thomson High School	Public	9-12	1160 White Oak Rd	Thomson	30824	McDuffie County	McDuffie County	No	No	No	No	(706) 986-4200	962	60	15.9	70.5%	281 (29.2%)	589 (61.2%)	54 (5.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	33 (3.4%)	33	271^st of 457 public high schools	40.7%		24.1	337^th of 451 public high schools	25.3%	66	13.6	38.3	34.9											$12,906	$568	$12,338
Thomson-McDuffie Middle School	Public	6-8	1191 White Oak Rd	Thomson	30824	McDuffie County	McDuffie County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 986-4300	667	45	14.8	90.1%	185 (27.7%)	398 (59.7%)	45 (6.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (5.4%)	19	469^th of 578 public middle schools	18.9%		32.2	392^nd of 585 public middle schools	33.0%	77	49.1						19.1	22.4	30.1		8.5	11.7	41.5	$12,364	$669	$11,694
Maxwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	2001 Thomson East Bypass	Thomson	30824	McDuffie County	McDuffie County	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(706) 986-4800	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)				31.3

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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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