Hamilton Elementary School, Hartsfield GA

Original Research by School Decision on Hamilton Elementary School

Hamilton Elementary School serves the Hartsfield area of Colquitt County, a small rural unincorporated community in southwest Georgia built around agriculture and state highways. The school enrolls a small population of students in pre-K through fifth grade.

The school's student body is predominantly white, with a small presence of Hispanic and Asian students. About half the student population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting modest household income levels in the farming area the school serves. Data on special education enrollment and English learners was not available.

On Georgia's End-of-Grade assessments for 2024-25, Hamilton's performance varied significantly by grade and subject. In third grade, the school's math proficiency was higher; fourth-grade math declined notably; and fifth-grade math dropped further. In English language arts, third grade showed stronger results than grades four and five. Fifth-grade science proficiency was moderate. The pattern suggests that as students progress through the upper elementary grades, maintaining proficiency becomes more difficult, a dynamic parents may want to discuss directly with school leadership to understand what supports are in place or being considered.

Early elementary grades (pre-K through second) are not assessed by the state, so no proficiency data exist for those levels. Social studies results from an older state assessment showed proficiency at a solid level when that test was administered, though more recent data for that subject are not available.

The school is part of Colquitt County Schools, a county-wide system centered in Moultrie, the county seat. The district recently completed significant facilities investment through a voter-approved tax that expires in 2028, including a new ninth-grade wing at Colquitt County High School (opened in 2025-26) and renovations at the middle school. The district also implemented a district-wide cellphone ban beginning in 2025-26, meaning students cannot use phones during the school day. These are structural changes that affect daily life in the schools across the county.

The housing market in the Hartsfield area is affordable relative to national benchmarks, with home values well below state and national medians. The economy of the area remains rooted in agriculture—peanuts, cotton, tobacco, tomatoes, and pecans—with limited new residential or commercial development in Hartsfield itself. Growth activity in the county is concentrated in Moultrie and includes industrial and healthcare investment rather than residential expansion.

Hamilton Elementary is a regular public school with no magnet or charter designation. It operates as part of the county's consolidated system, meaning families in this rural area rely on the school district for their primary educational pathway through the grades it serves.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 44% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 45% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 40% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 31% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 30% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 33% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Science

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 42% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-879%

School 79% · district not reported

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

This schoolColquitt 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.