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Schools in Ideal

Ideal’s public schools

Macon County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ideal. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Georgia’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in Georgia’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
17%
2021–22
Math proficiency
10%
2021–22
Graduate on time
82%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.1K
▲ 14% vs GA $15.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.9
GA 14.3
Schools in town
0
1,047 students on the public path
In brief

Ideal’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Ideal’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Georgia’s 2,141 public schools. Macon County Middle School places highest (better than 13%); Macon County High School lowest (2%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Ideal, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Macon County Elementary Schoolin OglethorpeD
6–8Macon County Middle Schoolin MontezumaD
9–12Macon County High Schoolin MontezumaD−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Macon County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Macon County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,047 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 13.9 per teacher (GA 14.3)
$18,086GA $15,800 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading17%
State average 39.6% · 574 students tested
Math10%
State average 37.4% · 595 students tested

Ideal vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Georgia towns that share Ideal’s borders.

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Ideal—Macon County

Every school in Ideal

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Georgia’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Idealin other towns
Macon County Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Oglethorpe
D
525 students15:1Rate it →
Macon County Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Montezuma
D
189 students12:1Rate it →
Macon County High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Montezuma
D−
333 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Ideal’s schools

Are Ideal’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Ideal. Macon County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Ideal. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Georgia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Ideal in?

Macon County School District.

Where do Ideal kids go to high school?

Macon County High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.