Elementary Schools in Seminole County

Seminole County Elementary School is the only elementary school in Seminole County, serving grades PK through 5 with 638 students in a rural southwest Georgia community where 100% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch.

This single school carries the entire elementary academic profile for the district, and its performance shows a mixed picture. The school has earned a 2-star rating for three consecutive years, though its percentile ranking improved slightly from 40th to 45th this year. In mathematics, 3rd grade proficiency jumped 6.2 points to 38.4%, a promising sign, but 4th and 5th grade math both declined—dropping to 41.0% and 41.2%, respectively. Science remains stable at 36.1% proficiency, about 8 points below the state average. The most recent English Language Arts data (from 2024-2025) reveals the school's biggest challenge: only 17.8% of 3rd graders and 18.0% of 4th graders were proficient, roughly half the state rate, while 5th graders fared better at 35.8%. This creates an 18-point gap between the lowest and highest grade levels in ELA, suggesting inconsistent learning outcomes across cohorts.

On the positive side, the school excels in student engagement and resources. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 10.3% is dramatically better than the state average of 17.7%, especially notable given the high-poverty population. The school also invests $15,303 per student and maintains a favorable 12.5:1 student-teacher ratio, which supports more individualized attention. However, these strong inputs have not yet translated into consistently above-average test scores. The school's 5th grade math performance (41.2%) comes closest to the state benchmark (44.1%), showing that progress is possible. For parents, this school offers a caring, well-staffed environment with low absenteeism, but academic proficiency—particularly in reading—remains an area needing focused improvement.