Georgiana School, Georgiana AL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Georgiana School

Georgiana School serves students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade under one roof in this small, rural Butler County town. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and it is the only public school in Georgiana itself. The student body is small for a school spanning thirteen grade levels, and the composition is predominantly Black, with a white minority and small numbers of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. An overwhelming share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing the school in a high-poverty context that many families in similar rural settings will recognize.

The town of Georgiana is small and losing population, a trend that shapes the school’s present reality. Its economy historically depended on cotton and the railroad, and today it functions as a quiet residential community with limited commercial activity. The town’s most prominent cultural anchor is the Hank Williams Boyhood Home and Museum, and it hosts an annual festival. Housing values in the area are well below state and national medians, and the local housing market has seen a modest decline, reflecting broader economic conditions. For a family considering a move here, the housing stock is affordable, but the local job base is thin, and most employment opportunities lie elsewhere in the county or beyond.

Academically, the picture from the most recent state testing is mixed and warrants a close look. In third grade, a solid majority of students met proficiency standards in both reading and math, a strong start. But from fourth grade onward, proficiency rates in math drop sharply and remain low through eighth grade. In reading, the fourth through eighth grade results hover in a modest range, with no grade reaching a majority proficient. Science results at grades four and eight show very low proficiency. The multi-year trend data available covers only a single year, so it is not possible to say whether performance is improving or declining over time. A parent considering this school will want to ask the administration directly about the strategies in place for middle grades math and science instruction, and about how the school supports students who arrive below grade level.

Because Georgiana School includes high school grades, a graduation rate would normally be expected here, but the data provided does not include one. This absence may stem from how the rate is reported for a combined school, and a family should verify the school’s recent graduation outcomes directly with the school or district office.

The school operates within the Butler County school district, and the district brief turned up no recent major changes of note that would affect a family’s decision. The comparison against other districts in Butler County was not possible because the cohort of districts was too small for a meaningful comparison.

For a family focused on a small, rural school where their child can stay in one building from kindergarten through high school, Georgiana School offers that continuity. The early elementary reading results show a foundation to build on. But the middle school test results are a soft spot, and the absence of a graduation rate or multi-year trend data makes it harder to assess how students fare by the time they leave. A parent should investigate the school’s academic support programs, particularly in math and science for the upper elementary and middle grades, and ask about the specific course offerings and pathways available to high school students.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 28 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

373 schools plotted. 7 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 58% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median

Grade 413%

School 13% · District 36% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 58%

School 8% · District 17% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 613%

School 13% · District 18% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 70%

School 0% · District 7% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 84%

School 4% · District 9% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 70% · ▼ 4 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 53% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 47% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 41% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 34% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median

Science

Grade 48%

School 8% · District 32% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 20% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median

This schoolButler County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income49%Higher-income0%49 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income0%Higher-income0%0 pp gap