Jordan Hill Road Elementary School, Griffin GA

Original Research by School Decision on Jordan Hill Road Elementary School

Jordan Hill Road Elementary serves a diverse student body from pre-K through fifth grade in Griffin, Georgia, a small city south of Atlanta that has been growing as a metro suburb. The school sits in a mixed residential landscape and draws a population that reflects both long-term Griffin residents and newer arrivals.

The student composition is economically strained. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which indicates that most families have incomes well below twice the poverty line. The student body is also racially and ethnically diverse, with roughly equal portions of Black and white students and a meaningful Hispanic population as well as small numbers of Asian and multiracial students.

Academic performance is notably low across tested subjects and grade levels. In English language arts, the school's overall proficiency rate is in the low range, with third-grade ELA proficiency falling well below the proficiency threshold. Fifth-grade ELA performance is somewhat higher than lower grades, but still modest. Math shows a similar pattern: third-grade proficiency is particularly low, fourth grade does somewhat better, and fifth grade improves again but remains well below where the state typically expects. Science proficiency in fifth grade is in the low-to-middle range. These are real struggles, and a parent considering the school or already there may want to look into what reading and math interventions the school is running, how teaching resources are allocated, and what support exists for students who need to catch up.

The school serves a neighborhood that is affordable by broader metro-Atlanta standards, with housing values and rents in the zip code below state and national averages, though rising slightly. For families in the Griffin area, the cost of living can be a draw. Homebuyers and renters should be aware, however, that the Griffin-Spalding County School District opted out of Georgia's homestead exemption cap in early 2025, so school property tax bills will track full home reassessments as the market rises rather than being capped at 2024 values plus inflation. The district also rolled back its millage rate to its lowest level in many years, a positive fiscal signal, but the long-term trajectory of school funding will hinge on both mill rates and this opt-out decision.

The grades served by Jordan Hill Road are the early elementary years, when foundational skills in reading and math matter most. The low proficiency numbers suggest that many students are not meeting grade-level benchmarks by the time they reach third grade and beyond. This is a school where a student's path will depend heavily on whether targeted interventions, engaged teaching, and family support at home can close gaps. For families already in the community, understanding what supports are available and what the school's improvement plans are would be important. For families considering a move to the area, this data should factor into decisions about school fit and what additional academic support, whether through private tutoring or before- and after-school programs, a family might arrange.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 23% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 30% · ▲ 8 pts above district

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

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 26% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 317%

School 17% · District 19% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 20% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 30% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 29% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-881%

School 81% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

This schoolGriffin-Spalding 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.