The top reported proficiency rate is 80% in English language arts. The lowest is 58% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Geneva County Elementary School
Geneva County Elementary is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Hartford, a small rural city in southeastern Geneva County near the Florida border. The school is part of the Geneva County school system, and with an elementary, a middle, and a high school located within town limits, the district functions as a significant local employer. Hartford’s economy is distributed across education and health care, retail, manufacturing, and transportation, and many residents commute to the larger Dothan metropolitan area for work. The town has a traditional small downtown along Main Street, anchors its calendar with an annual Holiday Festival, and has seen very slow population growth in recent decades. Housing in the Hartford area is priced well below both the Alabama state median and the national median, and the combination of modest home prices with relatively stable rents means that for many families, living in this community and sending a child to the local elementary school is financially accessible.
The student body is predominantly white, with a meaningful share of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students, and smaller numbers of Asian and American Indian students. A majority of the school’s enrollment qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, indicating that the school serves a community with significant economic need. Data on special education classification and English learner status were not available in the state reporting, so a parent who wants to understand the specific supports and staffing for those populations would need to ask the school directly.
On the Alabama state assessments administered in the 2024-25 school year, the school’s results reveal a clear academic profile. In English language arts, students performed at a strong level across all tested grades, with each grade reporting well above a majority of students meeting proficiency. Mathematics results followed a different pattern: third graders showed a moderately lower rate of proficiency, fourth graders reached a solid midpoint, and fifth graders turned in the strongest math performance at the school, landing at roughly the same high level as the ELA results. Science, tested only in fourth grade, produced a result that fell between the school’s ELA and math averages. When all tested subjects and grade levels are combined into a single proficiency index, the school’s figure places it well above the midpoint among the county’s districts. Because only one year of data is available under the current state assessment, no multi-year trend can be drawn.
As an elementary school, Geneva County Elementary does not produce a graduation rate, and chronic absenteeism data was not available in the current reporting cycle. The school is not a charter or magnet school. Its Title I status was not reported in the available data, though the share of students receiving meal assistance suggests a federal designation is plausible; a parent should confirm with the district. The published enrollment data did not specify which school year it represents, a minor information gap.
The broader district context shows no major recent changes. For a family looking at a small-town elementary school in southeast Alabama where housing is affordable, the student body is modest in size for a PK-5 school, and academic performance is notably stronger in reading than in math across the early grades, this school fits that description. Parents interested in special education identification rates, English learner services, class sizes, or course access will need to gather those details from the school or district directly, as the public data available does not cover them.
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