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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLYNN COUNTY·NCES 130240002080
Golden Isles Elementary School
1350 Cate Rd, Brunswick, GA 31525 · (912) 264-6822 · Glynn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- A-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
13.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
619 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 | 37 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
70%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
40.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.6pp since 2021
Math
44.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 44.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 55.9% |
| 2022-23 | 31.8% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.2% | 40.8% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 20 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 Golden Isles Elementary School
Golden Isles Elementary School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Isles Elementary School this school | 619 | 100.0% | 46.0% |
| Putnam County Elementary School Eatonton | 606 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| Sunset Elementary School Moultrie | 614 | 100.0% | 48.9% |
| L. K. Moss Elementary School Buena Vista | 606 | 100.0% | 28.4% |
| Martha Rawls Smith Elementary School Jesup | 543 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
| Elbert County Primary School Elberton | 647 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 Golden Isles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Glynn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #413 of 1,208 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #533 of 1,215 ▼ 213 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #452 of 1,215 ▲ 29 | #5 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #282 of 1,183 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #551 of 1,324 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #627 of 1,301 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #125 of 1,301 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #257 of 1,312 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #345 of 854 | #5 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
619
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 690
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 619 | 46.5 | 13.3:1 | 100% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 46.5 | 13.6:1 | 81% (511) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 47.2 | 12.7:1 | 73% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 47 | 12.9:1 | 64% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 49 | 15.0:1 | 68% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 72% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 69% (541) |
| 2000-01 | 915 | 52 | 17.6:1 | 40% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 690 | 40 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golden Isles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (734 to 619); teachers down 5% (49 to 46.5).
About Golden Isles Elementary School
The public elementary school Golden Isles Elementary School is located in Brunswick, Georgia. It enrolls 619 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Glynn County oversees Golden Isles Elementary School and 16 other schools, with 12,750 students in total.
White students account for 40% of enrollment at Golden Isles Elementary School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 31% Black, 19% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Glynn County, the White share is about 64%. The diversity index for Golden Isles Elementary School is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 13.3:1 is based on 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Glynn County average 79%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Golden Isles Elementary School outscored 86%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Golden Isles Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 46.0%. Predicted: 25.7%. Difference: 20.3 points.
In Glynn County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $69,799, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,911, Golden Isles Elementary School among them.
Coastal Plains High School sits about 0.7 miles from Golden Isles Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 42.0% proficiency; Golden Isles Elementary School posts 46.0%.
Golden Isles 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.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 608 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 619.
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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
- Coastal Plains High School0.7 mi · 1,161
- Glyndale Elementary School1.1 mi · 585
- Altama Elementary School2.4 mi · 672
- Jane Macon Middle3.3 mi · 801
- Sterling Elementary School3.4 mi · 767
- Needwood Middle School3.5 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About Golden Isles Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Golden Isles Elementary School?
Golden Isles Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades PK-05.
Is Golden Isles Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Golden Isles Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Golden Isles Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Golden Isles Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Golden Isles Elementary School?
Golden Isles Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 19% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Golden Isles Elementary School?
Golden Isles Elementary School is overseen by Glynn County in Glynn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.