Worth County Elementary School, Sylvester GA

Original Research by School Decision on Worth County Elementary School

Worth County Elementary School serves students in grades three through five in Sylvester, Georgia, a small agricultural county seat in Southwest Georgia known for peanut farming. The school sits on a separate campus a short distance from the downtown core, which clusters around U.S. 82 with City Hall, the library, and civic parks.

The school enrolls students from across the county. A substantial share of its students—more than four in five—qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economic conditions in the area. The student body is diverse, with roughly similar numbers of white and Black students, along with smaller populations of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds.

In recent state testing, Worth County Elementary School's proficiency rates fall below what would typically be expected for strong academic performance. In mathematics across grades three through five, overall proficiency is in the low-to-mid range; performance in fifth grade is notably lower than in fourth grade. English language arts proficiency rates are similar or lower, with third and fourth grade showing particularly weak results and fifth grade showing a modest improvement. Science proficiency in fifth grade, where it is tested, sits in the low-to-mid range. Trend data spanning only the most recent year offer no insight into whether results have been moving up or down. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about what academic supports are available and what initiatives the school has underway to address these performance levels.

The school is part of Worth County Schools, which relies on a sales tax (rather than higher property taxes) for capital projects through an Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax that voters had an opportunity to extend in late 2025. Sylvester itself is experiencing a documented period of local development and downtown revival, with new housing and business activity, though the broader economic context remains tied closely to agriculture and small-town employment.

Worth County Elementary is a regular public school without charter or magnet status. Data on special education enrollment, English learner status, staffing, attendance, or discipline were not available. Because the school serves only elementary grades, state graduation rates do not apply.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 42%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 49%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 38%

even with state median

English language arts

Grade 327%

School 27% · District 27%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Science

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Social studies

Grades 3-882%

School 82% · district not reported

▼ 2 pts below state median

This schoolWorth 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.