Summary:
Zip code 31068 is home to just one elementary school, Macon County Elementary School, which serves students in Pre-K through 5th grade in Oglethorpe, Georgia, within the Macon County district.
Macon County Elementary is the only school in this area, so all local students attend this single campus. The school serves a student body where 100% of families qualify for free or reduced lunch, which is an important context for understanding its academic results. In the most recent testing year, math proficiency rates were 23.5% for 3rd grade, 18.0% for 4th grade, and 20.3% for 5th grade, all well below state averages of roughly 44-50%. Science was a relative bright spot, with 5th graders reaching 36.5% proficiency compared to the state's 44.2%. English Language Arts scores for the current year have not yet been released, but the most recent available data from the prior year showed proficiency rates between 12.5% and 20.5%, again trailing state averages by significant margins.
There are encouraging signs of progress. Third-grade math proficiency nearly doubled in one year, jumping from 12.5% to 23.5%, and 5th-grade math improved by nearly 7 percentage points. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 16.7% is actually better than both the district average (22.1%) and the state average (17.7%), which is notable given the high-poverty demographics. The school also benefits from a favorable student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1 and spends $15,698 per student. Its state ranking has climbed steadily from the 8th percentile to the 16th percentile over three years. While Macon County Elementary still faces substantial academic challenges, the combination of improving math scores, strong attendance, and solid resource allocation suggests a positive trajectory worth watching for parents considering this school.
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