Trion Elementary School, Trion GA

Original Research by School Decision on Trion Elementary School

Trion Elementary School serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in a small mill town in Chattooga County, Georgia. The school enrolls a modest population reflective of its rural setting, with a majority white enrollment and a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating economic pressures typical of communities built around single major employers.

The town itself is organized around Mount Vernon Mills, a large denim and flame-resistant fabric manufacturer that remains the dominant local employer. Trion is a compact, low-density community with a mill-village character, historic worker housing near the plant, and essentially flat population growth over recent decades. Housing values are well below state and national benchmarks, and mortgage payments on a median-priced home would take up a modest share of median household income. The school sits on a consolidated campus shared with the middle and high schools, anchoring civic life alongside the mill complex and the county library branch.

In math, Trion Elementary's performance is solid. Third grade shows strong proficiency, fourth grade dips somewhat in the middle grades pattern, and fifth grade recovers to a solid level. Across all tested grades, proficiency in math is favorable. English language arts performance is lower. Third grade shows a proficiency rate below half, fourth grade moves toward the midpoint, and fifth grade reaches nearly three in five students proficient. The gap between math and ELA proficiency is notable and substantial. In science, measured in fifth grade only, proficiency sits just above half. When averaged across all tested subjects and grades, Trion Elementary's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile relative to other districts in Chattooga County.

A parent may want to look into the school's approach to ELA instruction, where proficiency lags behind math, to understand how the school is addressing reading and writing development, particularly in the earlier elementary grades where foundations matter most.

The school does not have a graduation rate because it serves only elementary grades. Chronic absenteeism data were not available. Special education enrollment counts and English learner counts were not reported. Teacher staffing, discipline, and attendance figures were also not provided in the available data.

The district itself has made two parent-relevant decisions recently. In early 2025 the Trion City Schools Board voted to opt out of Georgia's statewide homestead exemption for school taxes, meaning property assessments on homes in this district will continue to rise with market value rather than being capped at inflation. For a family considering a move to the area, this is a lasting tax consideration. The high school also adopted a new health curriculum in 2024 after formal community review, a change families may want to understand before their children reach that grade.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 383%

School 83% · District 83%

▲ 43 pts above state median

Grade 470%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 25 pts above state median

Grade 574%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 36 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 21 pts above state median

Science

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 13 pts above state median

Social studies

Grades 3-896%

School 96% · district not reported

▲ 12 pts above state median

This schoolTrion City, 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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income41%Higher-income51%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income64%18 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income71%Higher-income77%6 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income53%Higher-income63%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income61%Higher-income73%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income54%Higher-income74%21 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income64%Higher-income80%17 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income59%Higher-income76%16 pp gap