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Enrollment
1,162
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY COUNTY·NCES 130330001301
Button Gwinnett Elementary School
635 Taylor Rd, Hinesville, GA 31313 · (912) 876-0146 · Liberty County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,162 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
27.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,109 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 466 | 40% |
| Kindergarten | 129 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
23.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -9.9pp since 2021
Math
25.6%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.8pp 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 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.6% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.5% | 26.4% |
% 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Button Gwinnett Elementary School
Button Gwinnett Elementary School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button Gwinnett Elementary School this school | 1,162 | 95.4% | 27.2% |
| Crisp County Primary School Cordele | 964 | 100.0% | 24.0% |
| Waynesboro Primary School Waynesboro | 924 | 100.0% | N/A |
| S.L. Mason Elementary School Valdosta | 881 | 98.0% | 22.5% |
| South Salem Elementary School Covington | 855 | 100.0% | 20.3% |
| Flint Hill Elementary Oxford | 848 | 100.0% | 18.3% |
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 Button Gwinnett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Liberty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #878 of 1,208 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #954 of 1,215 ▼ 89 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #916 of 1,215 ▼ 46 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #118 of 1,183 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,162 | #31 of 1,324 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.1:1 | #1,300 of 1,301 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #544 of 1,301 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #515 of 1,312 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #281 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
1,162
+131 (+13%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,540
Student : Teacher
27.1:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 1,162 | 42.8 | 27.1:1 | 95% (1,109) |
| 2023-24 | 983 | 40 | 24.6:1 | 79% (775) |
| 2022-23 | 1,119 | 38 | 29.4:1 | 76% (847) |
| 2020-21 | 1,031 | 41 | 25.1:1 | 65% (672) |
| 2017-18 | 1,110 | 42.2 | 26.3:1 | 71% (785) |
| 2015-16 | 1,075 | 42 | 25.6:1 | 73% (782) |
| 2010-11 | 943 | 33 | 28.6:1 | 72% (675) |
| 2000-01 | 974 | 34 | 28.6:1 | 42% (413) |
| 1990-91 | 1,540 | 80 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Button Gwinnett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,110 to 1,162); teachers up 1% (42.2 to 42.8).
About Button Gwinnett Elementary School
Button Gwinnett Elementary School is a large elementary school in Liberty County, located in Hinesville, Georgia. It teaches 1,162 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Georgia have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 92% higher.
The district for Button Gwinnett Elementary School is Liberty County, with 12 schools and 10,925 students.
Federal enrollment data show Button Gwinnett Elementary School is 60% Black. Other groups make up 17% White, 14% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Liberty County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at Button Gwinnett Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 27.1:1. The school's 27.1:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 95%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Button Gwinnett Elementary School outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 28.0% at Button Gwinnett Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 27.2%.
The school's county is Liberty County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $60,456 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Liberty County number 12, with about 10,925 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bradwell Institute, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Button Gwinnett Elementary School is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 1,162, from 1,031 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 25.1:1 in 2020-21, and 27.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Liberty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,397
Census ACS
Median income
$60,456
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
10,925 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberty County
- Bradwell InstituteHigh · 1,900 students
- Liberty County High SchoolHigh · 1,192 students
- Snelson-Golden Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Lewis Frasier Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Taylors Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
- Midway Middle SchoolMiddle · 750 students
Other schools in Hinesville
- Bradwell InstituteHigh · 1,900 students
- Liberty County High SchoolHigh · 1,192 students
- Snelson-Golden Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Lewis Frasier Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Taylors Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
- Waldo Pafford Elementary SchoolElementary · 741 students
Nearby schools
- Bradwell Institute0.7 mi · 1,900
- Snelson-Golden Middle School1.2 mi · 876
- Joseph Martin Elementary School1.2 mi · 720
- Lewis Frasier Middle School3.1 mi · 828
- Frank Long Elementary School3.2 mi · 685
- Liberty County High School3.3 mi · 1,192
Frequently asked questions
About Button Gwinnett Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Button Gwinnett Elementary School?
Button Gwinnett Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,162 students in grades PK-05.
Is Button Gwinnett Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Button Gwinnett Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Button Gwinnett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Button Gwinnett Elementary School is approximately 27.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Button Gwinnett Elementary School?
Student demographics at Button Gwinnett Elementary School are roughly 17% White, 7% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Button Gwinnett Elementary School?
Button Gwinnett Elementary School is overseen by Liberty County in Liberty County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.