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How has Glyndale Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLYNN COUNTY·NCES 130240001056
Glyndale Elementary School
1785 Old Jesup Rd, Brunswick, GA 31525 · (912) 264-8740 · Glynn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- B+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
11.9:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
585 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 | 58 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
71%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
30.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.3pp since 2021
Math
31.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 32.7% |
| 2022-23 | 26.8% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 25.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% 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 Glyndale Elementary School
Glyndale Elementary School's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glyndale Elementary School this school | 585 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
| G. O. Bailey Elementary School Tifton | 531 | 100.0% | 46.3% |
| Satilla Elementary School Douglas | 661 | 100.0% | 28.4% |
| Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School Athens | 563 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| Lyons Primary School Lyons | 571 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Southside Elementary School Cairo | 610 | 100.0% | 30.8% |
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 Glyndale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Glynn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #758 of 1,208 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #833 of 1,215 ▼ 60 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #707 of 1,215 ▲ 46 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.9pp | #326 of 1,183 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #639 of 1,324 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #257 of 1,301 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #89 of 1,301 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #253 of 1,312 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #310 of 854 | #4 of 7 |
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
585
-68 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 585 | 49.1 | 11.9:1 | 100% (585) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 50.6 | 11.7:1 | 85% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 50.1 | 12.4:1 | 79% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 50 | 13.1:1 | 80% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 50.6 | 13.9:1 | 81% (571) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 81% (585) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 75% (484) |
| 2000-01 | 690 | 39 | 17.7:1 | 47% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 37 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glyndale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (705 to 585); teachers down 3% (50.6 to 49.1).
About Glyndale Elementary School
Glyndale Elementary School, located in Brunswick, Georgia, is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 585 students, in pre-K through 5.
Glynn County is the local district for Glyndale Elementary School. It runs 17 schools with 12,750 students.
The most common group at Glyndale Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 32%. After that, the student body is 30% White, 30% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Glynn County, the Hispanic share is about 8%. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.9:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligible students account for 100% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Glynn County report 79%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Glyndale Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Glyndale Elementary School's results are 6.0 points above predicted: 31.7% against 25.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Glynn County, the median household income is $69,799, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Glynn County is home to 18 public schools and about 13,911 public school students.
Golden Isles Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Glyndale Elementary School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 585, a 10% decrease from 653 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.1:1 in 2020-21 and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Golden Isles Elementary School1.1 mi · 619
- Coastal Plains High School1.5 mi · 1,161
- Altama Elementary School2.5 mi · 672
- Jane Macon Middle3.2 mi · 801
- Sterling Elementary School3.4 mi · 767
- Brunswick High School3.6 mi · 1,951
Frequently asked questions
About Glyndale Elementary SchoolHow large is Glyndale Elementary School?
Glyndale Elementary School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Glyndale Elementary School serve?
Glyndale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Glyndale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Glyndale Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (49 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Glyndale Elementary School?
Glyndale Elementary School reports a student body of 30% White, 32% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Glyndale Elementary School in?
Glyndale Elementary School is part of Glynn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.