Randolph County Elementary School, Cuthbert GA

Original Research by School Decision on Randolph County Elementary School

Randolph County Elementary School serves grades preK through five in Cuthbert, a small rural county seat in Southwest Georgia. The school's enrollment is small, at a size typical for an elementary serving a town of its scale. All students who attend qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Black, with a small number of White, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Special education and English learner data were not available.

The school's academic performance as measured by state assessments shows proficiency that is below what is typical for elementary grades across Georgia. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from around one in ten fourth graders meeting the standard to roughly half of third graders. Math proficiency is similarly modest, with fifth graders at roughly one in six, fourth graders at just over one in four, and third graders at around half. Science is the relative strength: fifth graders achieved proficiency at roughly half. When proficiency rates across tested subjects are averaged, this school sits above the midpoint compared to other districts in Randolph County, though the overall picture reflects real academic challenges across the board.

Only one year of assessment data was available, so trend analysis is not possible. Social studies results from an earlier assessment point are in the data files but use an older test and cannot be compared to current results.

Cuthbert itself is a historic rural town organized around a 1800s-1890s town square, with preserved commercial buildings and Victorian-era residential neighborhoods. The local economy includes the largest private employer, a Tyson chicken processing plant, along with Andrew College, county government, and retail employment. The town has experienced population decline over recent years, and the existing housing stock is older; the median home in the zip code is valued modestly. Downtown revitalization and Andrew College's expansion into nursing and four-year degree pathways represent the area's current development strategy rather than new suburban construction.

School discipline data, staffing details, attendance rates, course offerings beyond the core grades, and career or dual-credit programs were not available. A parent may want to reach out to the school directly to understand the instructional supports in place, staff experience and turnover, and what supplemental academic programming or intervention structures exist given the proficiency gaps shown in testing.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 19 pts below state median

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 21 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 410%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 25 pts below state median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 12 pts below state median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 51%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Social studies

Grades 3-858%

School 58% · district not reported

▼ 26 pts below state median

This schoolRandolph 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.