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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLYNN COUNTY·NCES 130240001061
Altama Elementary School
6045 Altama Ave, Brunswick, GA 31525 · (912) 264-3563 · Glynn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
672 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 60 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
31.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 31.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 33.3% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% | 25.6% |
| 2021-22 | 20.8% | 27.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Altama Elementary School
Altama Elementary School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altama Elementary School this school | 672 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Parkwood Elementary School Warner Robins | 683 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Pine Street Elementary School Conyers | 679 | 99.9% | 29.2% |
| Ethel W. Kight Elementary School Lagrange | 656 | 97.3% | 30.3% |
| Roberta T. Smith Elementary School Rex | 720 | 100.0% | 18.0% |
| Greene County Primary School Union Point | 582 | 100.0% | 34.7% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Altama Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Glynn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #883 of 1,208 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #819 of 1,215 ▼ 55 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #906 of 1,215 ▲ 54 | #9 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #463 of 1,183 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #429 of 1,324 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #551 of 1,301 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #508 of 1,301 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #254 of 1,312 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.4% | #72 of 386 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
672
+175 (+35%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 672 | 51.4 | 13.1:1 | 100% (672) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 46.8 | 12.7:1 | 94% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 45.9 | 12.7:1 | 88% (515) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 85% (420) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 38.1 | 14.1:1 | 94% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 605 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 93% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 88% (519) |
| 2000-01 | 746 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 53% (398) |
| 1990-91 | 633 | 40 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Altama Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (536 to 672); teachers up 35% (38.1 to 51.4).
About Altama Elementary School
Altama Elementary School is one of the public schools in Brunswick, Georgia. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 672 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Glynn County counts 12,750 students in its 17 schools, and Altama Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Altama Elementary School, about 57 are Black. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 8% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Glynn County, the Black share is about 24%. The diversity index for Altama Elementary School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. The school has 51.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Altama Elementary School, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 79% average for public schools in Glynn County is 21 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Altama Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 37% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Altama Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.1% and a predicted 25.7%.
Glynn County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $69,799, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,911, Altama Elementary School among them.
Altama Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Coastal Plains High School, about 1.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Altama Elementary School at 6th of 8.
Altama Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 175 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Altama Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Glynn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,447
Census ACS
Median income
$69,799
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
13,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Glynn County
- Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 1,951 students
- Glynn AcademyHigh · 1,911 students
- Jane Macon MiddleMiddle · 801 students
- Sterling Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
- Satilla Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Needwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
Other schools in Brunswick
- Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 1,951 students
- Glynn AcademyHigh · 1,911 students
- Coastal Plains High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Jane Macon MiddleMiddle · 801 students
- Sterling Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
- Satilla Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
Nearby schools
- Coastal Plains High School1.7 mi · 1,161
- Golden Isles Elementary School2.4 mi · 619
- Brunswick High School2.5 mi · 1,951
- Glyndale Elementary School2.5 mi · 585
- Goodyear Elementary School3.4 mi · 515
- Needwood Middle School3.9 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About Altama Elementary SchoolHow large is Altama Elementary School?
Altama Elementary School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Altama Elementary School serve?
Altama Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Altama Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Altama Elementary School.
How diverse is Altama Elementary School?
Altama Elementary School reports a student body of 8% White, 26% Hispanic, 57% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Altama Elementary School public or private?
Altama Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Glynn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.