Summary:
Zip code 31771 is home to a single elementary school, Norman Park Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the Colquitt County school district in southwest Georgia.
Norman Park Elementary is a school on a remarkable upward trajectory. Over the past two years, its state ranking has jumped from 551st to 243rd out of roughly 1,200 elementary schools, moving it into the top 20% of schools in Georgia and earning a 4-star rating. The school's mathematics performance is particularly impressive, with 4th graders achieving a 74.4% proficiency rate—a full 24 points above the state average—and 5th graders at 59.8%, outpacing the state by nearly 16 points. Science scores are also strong, with 55.1% proficiency in 5th grade, beating the state by almost 11 points. These gains are not a one-year fluke; math scores improved by double digits in 4th grade and by more than 9 points in 5th grade over the last year alone.
What makes these results even more notable is the school's demographic profile. All 581 students qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet the school outperforms state averages in every tested subject. Chronic absenteeism is just 9.6%, well below the district's 15.1% and the state's 17.7%, suggesting strong family engagement. With a favorable student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1 and per-student spending of $15,089, the school appears well-resourced. The one area for future focus is English Language Arts, where the most recent available data (from the prior year) showed 5th grade proficiency at 33.7%, below the state's 43%. Overall, Norman Park Elementary demonstrates that a high-poverty school can achieve strong academic results and is clearly heading in the right direction.
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