Hogansville Elementary School, Hogansville GA

Original Research by School Decision on Hogansville Elementary School

Hogansville Elementary serves grades pre-K through five in a small town between Atlanta and Columbus that is experiencing rapid suburban growth. The school sits at the center of a community with a walkable historic downtown anchored by antique shops, cafes, and civic buildings along Main Street, surrounded by residential neighborhoods ranging from late 19th-century cottages to contemporary subdivisions built in recent years. Most families in the area work in nearby manufacturing plants or commute to the broader metro region.

The school's enrollment is small, drawing about equally from the town's white and Black neighborhoods, with a substantial Hispanic population as well. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the area's economic character. The student body is diverse in race and ethnicity by design of the community rather than by any intentional district policy.

In state testing this past year, the school's proficiency rates across mathematics, English language arts, and science are all below the midline. In English language arts, proficiency is particularly low in fourth grade. Mathematics performance is somewhat stronger in fourth grade than in third or fifth, but still modest overall. Science proficiency in fifth grade falls in the low-to-moderate range. These results tell a clear story: a majority of students are not yet meeting grade-level standards in core subjects. That pattern held across tested subjects and grades.

The school is a regular public elementary with no special programs or alternative structures identified in its directory. Staff and program details were not available in the data reviewed. No special education or English learner rates were reported, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the share of students in those populations and what services are available.

The housing market around Hogansville is modestly priced relative to the metro Atlanta region and the state as a whole, and mortgage and rental costs for the area are affordable by national standards. The town is growing, with new construction active both downtown and in surrounding subdivisions, suggesting the school may serve an influx of new families alongside longtime residents.

At the district level, Troup County Schools passed ESPLOST VI funding in 2021, which included capital projects for school renovations and facility upgrades across the system. More recently, the district has implemented Science of Reading-aligned instruction in early grades paired with universal dyslexia screening in kindergarten through third grade, beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. That curriculum shift is concrete evidence of a district-level effort to strengthen foundational literacy.

For families considering Hogansville Elementary, the real question is the school's trajectory. Current proficiency rates are low, but the district's new literacy framework and state-level dyslexia screening mandate may support improvement over time, especially in younger grades. A prospective parent would do well to ask the school what teaching and support strategies are underway now, what outcomes staff expect in the next one to two years, and whether there is evidence of progress in early reading skills that may not yet show up on grade-level testing.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 40% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 47% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 41% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 29% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 37% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Science

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 41% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · even with county median

Social studies

Grades 3-886%

School 86% · district not reported

▲ 2 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolTroup 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.