📍 87 S Burnt Mill Rd, La Fayette, Walker County, 30728
Gilbert Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Fayette, Walker County. The school has 508 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Walker County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Gilbert Elementary School enrolls 508 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% White, 8.1% Two or more races and 3.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 441 | 87% |
| Two or more races | 41 | 8.1% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
405 of the school's 508 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 341 qualify for free lunch and 64 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gilbert Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 53, state house district 2.
Gilbert Elementary School is one of 15 schools in Walker County, based in LaFayette, Georgia. The district serves 8,379 students district-wide and employs 692 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 508 students, Gilbert Elementary School is close to the district average of about 559 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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