Jeff Davis Elementary School, Hazlehurst GA

Original Research by School Decision on Jeff Davis Elementary School

Jeff Davis Elementary School serves grades three through five in Hazlehurst, a small rural county seat in southeast Georgia where the economy is anchored by forestry, manufacturing, and energy. The school enrolls a student body that is roughly evenly split between white students and Hispanic and Black students combined, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economic conditions across the area.

In state assessments for the 2024-25 school year, the school's results show uneven performance across grade levels and subjects. In mathematics, proficiency is somewhat stronger in grades three and four but drops considerably by fifth grade. English language arts proficiency is lower across the board, with particularly weak results in third and fourth grade. Fifth-grade science proficiency is in the low range. The pattern suggests that academic gains made in the lower elementary grades are not sustaining as students move up, and reading and writing instruction merit particular attention. A parent may want to look into what academic support the school offers to students who are not yet proficient and what strategies are in place to shore up literacy skills.

The school is a regular public elementary serving a moderate enrollment for its grade span. It sits on a separate campus outside Hazlehurst's downtown core, which is organized around the historic county courthouse and railroad corridor. The broader community offers parks, a municipal golf course, and county recreation facilities, though walkable amenities and public transit are limited as is typical of a rural Georgia town. The local economy is diversified across forest products, manufacturing, and newer energy projects such as solar farming, which may shape career and skill awareness in classrooms over time.

State assessment data for social studies is available only from 2013-14 and is therefore not current enough to characterize present instruction. No data on English learner enrollment, special education populations, chronic absenteeism, or discipline were available. The school is small enough that a comparison of proficiency rates against other districts in the county cannot be meaningfully made. A parent seeking to understand the school's recent trajectory, specific support services, or how results may have shifted would benefit from reaching out directly to the school or district office.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

▲ 2 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 32%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 40%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Science

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Social studies

Grades 3-876%

School 76% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median

This schoolJeff Davis 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.