Gum Springs Elementary School
600 Gum Springs Church Rd
Jefferson GA, 30549, Jackson County
Phone: 706-654-5580
Ranking:
(224 out of 1,747, top 13%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Jackson County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | |||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 51 | 53 | 53 | 51 | 50 | 49 | ||||||
Total Students: | 799 | 794 | 779 | 777 | 776 | 734 | ||||||
Prekindergarten: | 49 | 6.1% | 48 | 6.0% | 51 | 6.5% | 43 | 5.5% | 42 | 5.4% | 43 | 5.9% |
Kindergarten: | 133 | 16.6% | 127 | 16.0% | 121 | 15.5% | 133 | 17.1% | 118 | 15.2% | 114 | 15.5% |
Grade 1: | 131 | 16.4% | 126 | 15.9% | 134 | 17.2% | 110 | 14.2% | 118 | 15.2% | 122 | 16.6% |
Grade 2: | 128 | 16.0% | 128 | 16.1% | 105 | 13.5% | 119 | 15.3% | 127 | 16.4% | 120 | 16.3% |
Grade 3: | 128 | 16.0% | 108 | 13.6% | 117 | 15.0% | 135 | 17.4% | 122 | 15.7% | 111 | 15.1% |
Grade 4: | 112 | 14.0% | 121 | 15.2% | 132 | 16.9% | 122 | 15.7% | 111 | 14.3% | 135 | 18.4% |
Grade 5: | 118 | 14.8% | 136 | 17.1% | 119 | 15.3% | 115 | 14.8% | 138 | 17.8% | 89 | 12.1% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
Male: | 406 | 50.8% | 398 | 50.1% | 390 | 50.1% | 409 | 52.6% | 421 | 54.3% | 378 | 51.5% |
Female: | 393 | 49.2% | 396 | 49.9% | 389 | 49.9% | 368 | 47.4% | 355 | 45.7% | 323 | 44.0% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 33 | 4.1% | 30 | 3.8% | 32 | 4.1% | 37 | 4.8% | 29 | 3.7% | 28 | 3.8% |
Hispanic: | 30 | 3.8% | 33 | 4.2% | 41 | 5.3% | 40 | 5.1% | 43 | 5.5% | 27 | 3.7% |
Black: | 14 | 1.8% | 16 | 2.0% | 18 | 2.3% | 21 | 2.7% | 26 | 3.4% | 18 | 2.5% |
White: | 686 | 85.9% | 689 | 86.8% | 670 | 86.0% | 661 | 85.1% | 655 | 84.4% | 635 | 86.5% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 32 | 4.0% | 24 | 3.0% | 16 | 2.1% | 16 | 2.1% | 22 | 2.8% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 201 | 25.2% | 199 | 25.1% | 215 | 27.6% | 179 | 23.0% | 162 | 20.9% | 153 | 20.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 44 | 5.5% | 65 | 8.2% | 47 | 6.0% | 55 | 7.1% | 73 | 9.4% | 59 | 8.0% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.76 | 14.98 | 14.70 | 15.24 | 15.68 | 15.00 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CRCT | ||||||
2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 91.8% | 87% |
2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 92.3% | 85% |
2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 96.7% | 93% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 97% | 91.3% | 85% |
2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 93% | 86% |
2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 94.8% | 91% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 92.3% | 88% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 92.4% | 89.2% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 96% | 91% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 99.0% | 95.9% | 88.1% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85% | 85.4% | 79% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 86.9% | 81.2% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 89.4% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 87.7% | 78.5% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 92.7% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97% | 95.3% | 90.9% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 96.5% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 100.0% | 99.1% | 92.1% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 90.2% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 90.9% | 80.5% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 93.2% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 93.1% | 78.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 88.7% | 79% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94% | 91.1% | 81% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 94.3% | 81% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.2% | 94.2% | 83.4% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.2% | 91.9% | 87% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 94% | 92.9% | 88% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 97% | 93.8% | 90% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 93.6% | 90.2% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 87% | 77% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 90.1% | 81.1% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 90.1% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 91.0% | 84.3% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.3% | 93.9% | 89% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 94.3% | 87.9% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.5% | 95.1% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 96.1% | 92.5% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 90.7% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 91.2% | 79% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 97% | 93.4% | 81% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.4% | 93.2% | 82.7% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 88.6% | 74% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 91.8% | 77.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 97.7% | 93.5% | 79% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 92.1% | 81.3% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 96.3% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 99.1% | 98.4% | 93% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 98% | 95% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 95.9% | 94.2% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 92.8% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 93.7% | 86.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.7% | 88.9% | 84% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 94.0% | 89.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 95.6% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 97.6% | 90.5% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.6% | 95.7% | 91% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 95.9% | 92.9% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 92.5% | 77% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 91.2% | 76.6% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 94% | 91.3% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.0% | 92.5% | 79.6% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 92% | 88.6% | 72% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 88.1% | 71.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 89.6% | 77% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 91.9% | 80.5% |
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* Gum Springs Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.