Odom Elementary School, Moultrie GA

Original Research by School Decision on Odom Elementary School

Odom Elementary School serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in Moultrie, a county seat and agricultural hub in South Georgia. The school is a regular public elementary serving all comers in the area, located on Sardis Church Road in town.

The enrollment sits at a modest size, with a student body that is just over half Hispanic, approaching a quarter white, and a smaller share Black and other races. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic reality of the families the school serves. The school's academic results show significant headwinds. On state testing in math, fewer than one in three students scored at proficiency across the school, with the weakest results in fifth grade at around one in four. In English language arts, the picture is tighter: overall about one in five students met proficiency, with third grade the lowest. Fifth-grade science proficiency sits near one in four. These are low outcomes by any measure. State assessment data was available only for the current school year, so no trend line exists to show whether performance is moving or holding steady.

The demographic composition reflects both the economic challenges and the linguistic diversity of rural South Georgia. A substantial majority of students come from Hispanic backgrounds, with meaningful shares of white and Black students as well. All students qualify for federal free and reduced lunch, indicating widespread economic need. Information about special education enrollment and English learner counts was not available, though the student composition suggests multilingual learners are present.

Moultrie itself is an active place. The downtown has walkable storefronts, restaurants, and recurring events like a monthly Second Saturday sale and a Thanksgiving-night canopy-light display. A rails-to-trails park runs from downtown toward the airport. The broader county is agricultural and heavily poultry-processing centered; a major processing plant employs a large share of the local workforce. Housing values are below state and national medians, and mortgage payments are correspondingly lower, making the area affordable for families on modest incomes. Recent years have brought growth: new housing subdivisions are planned, including a state-funded 60-home development with expected groundbreaking in early 2026, plus commercial projects and manufacturing investment.

The Colquitt County School District has undergone infrastructure change. A voter-approved facilities tax expiring in 2028 funded a new ninth-grade wing at the high school, agricultural facility, and middle school expansion. Beginning in 2025-2026, ninth graders moved into the high school for the first time, consolidating grades 9-12 under one roof. The district also implemented a school-wide cellphone ban.

Odom Elementary is the only elementary in Colquitt County available for comparison in the data, so positioning against peer schools in the county is not possible. A parent evaluating this school would want to discuss directly with the school its approach to the proficiency gaps shown in the data, what support systems are in place for students below grade level, and what the school's strategic priorities are for improvement. The low outcomes warrant a detailed conversation about instruction, tutoring, and how the school identifies and serves students who are not yet meeting standards.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 44% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 45% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 40% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 31% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 30% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 33% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 42% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-872%

School 72% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below 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.