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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLTON COUNTY·NCES 130099002241
Folkston Elementary School
34754 Okefenokee Dr, Folkston, GA 31537 · (912) 496-7369 · Charlton County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
13.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
505 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 66 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 11% larger than its 4th grade class (88).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Charlton County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
51.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.1pp since 2021
Math
72.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 72.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 75.7% |
| 2022-23 | 63.8% | 64.9% |
| 2021-22 | 51.5% | 63.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+33.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 33 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Folkston Elementary School
Folkston Elementary School's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folkston Elementary School this school | 545 | 92.7% | 63.0% |
| Wilcox County Elementary School Rochelle | 547 | 95.6% | 45.2% |
| Dodge County Elementary School Eastman | 535 | 100.0% | 35.2% |
| Treutlen Elementary School Soperton | 499 | 100.0% | 47.3% |
| Tucker Elementary School Perry | 486 | 94.9% | 38.0% |
| Hogansville Elementary School Hogansville | 469 | 94.0% | 43.8% |
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 Folkston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #170 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #102 of 1,215 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #249 of 1,215 ▲ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.4pp | #425 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #752 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #714 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #474 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #552 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #821 of 854 |
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
545
+89 (+20%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 545 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 93% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 39.8 | 14.1:1 | 75% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 76% (355) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 71% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 34.1 | 16.2:1 | 77% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 81% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 78% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 29 | 20.8:1 | 66% (398) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Folkston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (552 to 545); teachers up 17% (34.1 to 40).
About Folkston Elementary School
Folkston Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Folkston, Georgia. The school serves 545 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.
Charlton County is the district for Folkston Elementary School. It has 4 schools and 1,613 students.
Roughly 54% of students at Folkston Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That is close to the 55% White share among all Charlton County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Folkston Elementary School operates with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. About 93% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Folkston Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Folkston Elementary School ranks in the top 10% in Georgia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 63.0%, against a prediction of 29.5%.
Among Charlton County residents, the median household income is $61,276, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 18%. Besides Folkston Elementary School, Charlton County has 3 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Bethune Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Folkston Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 545, a 20% rise from 456 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Folkston Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Charlton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,818
Census ACS
Median income
$61,276
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,613 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charlton County
- Bethune Middle SchoolMiddle · 453 students
- Charlton County High SchoolHigh · 417 students
- St. George Elementary SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other schools in Folkston
- Bethune Middle SchoolMiddle · 453 students
- Charlton County High SchoolHigh · 417 students
- St. George Elementary SchoolElementary · 198 students
Nearby schools
- Bethune Middle School0.2 mi · 453
- Charlton County High School2.1 mi · 417
- HILLIARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 687
- HILLIARD MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH10.3 mi · 773
- Kingsland Elementary School17.8 mi · 371
- CALLAHAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL19.9 mi · 586
Frequently asked questions
About Folkston Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Folkston Elementary School?
Folkston Elementary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-04.
Is Folkston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Folkston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Folkston Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Folkston Elementary School.
How diverse is Folkston Elementary School?
Folkston Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 3% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Folkston Elementary School public or private?
Folkston Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Charlton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.