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Enrollment
908
Elementary
DISTRICT 839 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYAN COUNTY·NCES 130057004399
Frances Meeks Elementary School
488 Warren Hill Road, Richmond Hill, GA 31324 · (912) 851-4100 · Bryan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL908 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
13.5:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
153 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 69 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (152).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
65.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.0pp since 2021
Math
70.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 70.6% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.1% | 75.4% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Frances Meeks Elementary School
Frances Meeks Elementary School's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Meeks Elementary School this school | 908 | 16.9% | 70.9% |
| Roswell North Elementary School Roswell | 950 | 19.5% | 74.4% |
| Bascomb Elementary School Woodstock | 911 | 19.3% | 65.0% |
| McAllister Elementary School Richmond Hill | 1,051 | 12.0% | 73.8% |
| Spout Springs Elementary School Flowery Branch | 855 | 22.9% | 54.4% |
| Ford Elementary School Acworth | 750 | 16.9% | 64.0% |
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 Frances Meeks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bryan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #92 of 1,208 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #119 of 1,215 ▼ 52 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #99 of 1,215 ▼ 21 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #307 of 1,183 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 908 | #132 of 1,324 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #675 of 1,301 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #786 of 1,301 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #1,251 of 1,312 | #5 of 6 |
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
908
+187 (+26%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 908 | 67.3 | 13.5:1 | 17% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 864 | 60.1 | 14.4:1 | 18% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 815 | 51.6 | 15.8:1 | 11% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 41 | 17.6:1 | 11% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frances Meeks Elementary School.
About Frances Meeks Elementary School
Frances Meeks Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Georgia, located in Richmond Hill. Enrollment stands at 908 students, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 50% bigger than the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Bryan County has 10,677 students spread across 10 schools.
About 69% of the student body at Frances Meeks Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 4% Asian. Bryan County residents are about 71% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Its ratio of 13.5:1 is based on 67.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 17%. That is lower than the 36% average for public schools in Bryan County.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Frances Meeks Elementary School outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Frances Meeks Elementary School is 2.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (70.9% versus 68.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
In the surrounding county, Bryan County, median household income comes to about $103,408, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 10 public schools and about 10,677 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Richmond Hill Middle School, is about 0.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Frances Meeks Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 908, compared with 721 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.6:1 to 13.5:1.
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Bryan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,263
Census ACS
Median income
$103,408
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
10,677 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bryan County
- Richmond Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,671 students
- Richmond Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,022 students
- McAllister Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,051 students
- Bryan County Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,020 students
- Richmond Hill Primary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
Other schools in Richmond Hill
- Richmond Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,671 students
- Richmond Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,022 students
- McAllister Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,051 students
- Richmond Hill Primary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Richmond Hill Middle School0.3 mi · 2,022
- McAllister Elementary School3.9 mi · 1,051
- Richmond Hill High School5.3 mi · 2,671
- Richmond Hill Elementary School6.1 mi · 662
- Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School6.1 mi · 658
- Richmond Hill Primary School6.2 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Frances Meeks Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Frances Meeks Elementary School?
Frances Meeks Elementary School enrolls approximately 908 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Frances Meeks Elementary School serve?
Frances Meeks Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Frances Meeks Elementary School have?
Frances Meeks Elementary School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Frances Meeks Elementary School?
Frances Meeks Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Frances Meeks Elementary School?
Frances Meeks Elementary School is overseen by Bryan County in Bryan County.
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