Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
Gum Springs Elementary School, Jefferson, GA
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 939
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 13.9. The Georgia average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 600 Gum Springs Church Rd, Jefferson, GA 30549
- Phone
- (706)654-5580
- District
- Jackson County Public Schools
- County
- Jackson County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- NCES school ID
- 130294003742
School meals
- Free lunch
- 227
- Reduced-price lunch
- 73
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 30031.9% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 70Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- No
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Jackson County Public Schools
- West Jackson Elementary School 1,082 students
- Heroes Elementary School 994 students
- South Jackson Elementary School 715 students
- East Jackson Elementary School 634 students
- North Jackson Elementary School 517 students
- Maysville Elementary School 468 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Jefferson
- Jefferson Elementary School Jefferson City School District
- Jefferson Academy Jefferson City School District
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.