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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JONES COUNTY·NCES 130315001277
Gray Elementary School
365 Ga Highway 18 E, Gray, GA 31032 · (478) 986-6295 · Jones County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
253 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 | 66 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
42.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.1pp since 2021
Math
53.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 53.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 48.8% |
| 2022-23 | 44.7% | 47.1% |
| 2021-22 | 42.4% | 40.6% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Gray Elementary School
Gray Elementary School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Elementary School this school | 512 | 49.4% | 47.8% |
| South Douglas Elementary School Douglasville | 544 | 46.7% | 59.2% |
| Marshpoint Elementary School Savannah | 603 | 51.6% | 61.9% |
| Matt Arthur Primary School Perry | 521 | 44.3% | N/A |
| Poplar Road Elementary School Sharpsburg | 656 | 48.2% | 39.9% |
| Mattie Wells Elementary School Macon | 584 | 53.6% | 31.6% |
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 Gray Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #385 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #338 of 1,215 ▲ 101 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #407 of 1,215 ▲ 67 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #274 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #829 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #840 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #686 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #1,041 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #361 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
512
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,019
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
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 | 512 | 36.5 | 14.0:1 | 49% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 37.6 | 13.6:1 | 58% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 533 | 38.7 | 13.8:1 | 66% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 49% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 39.7 | 15.2:1 | 51% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 48% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 42% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 45 | 17.5:1 | 38% (297) |
| 1990-91 | 1,019 | 57 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gray Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (604 to 512); teachers down 8% (39.7 to 36.5).
About Gray Elementary School
Students in Gray, Georgia, attend Gray Elementary School, a small elementary school. It had 512 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Jones County runs Gray Elementary School along with 6 other schools, enrolling 5,004 students in total.
The largest group at Gray Elementary School is White students, at 60%. Other groups include 30% Black and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Jones County residents are about 70% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Gray Elementary School scores 54%.
Gray Elementary School reported 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.0:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. There are 253 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 49% of enrollment.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Gray Elementary School outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Gray Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 47.8% actual against 51.8% predicted.
Jones County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $75,500, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jones County's 7 public schools enroll about 5,004 students and include Gray Elementary School.
Gray Elementary School is about 0.3 miles from Gray Station Middle School, its nearest public school. Gray Elementary School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Gray Elementary School at 5th of 9.
NCES assigns Gray Elementary School the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 5% over 4 years, reaching 512 in 2024-25.
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Jones County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,673
Census ACS
Median income
$75,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
5,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jones County
- Jones County High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
- Dames Ferry Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Gray Station Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Turner Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Mattie Wells Elementary SchoolElementary · 584 students
- Clifton Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 482 students
Other schools in Gray
- Jones County High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
- Dames Ferry Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Gray Station Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
- Turner Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 590 students
Other Gray Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Gray Elementary. Gray Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Gray Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 1,000 students
- Gray Elementary SchoolGray, TN · 512 students
- GRAY ELEM.SPRINGFIELD, MO · 474 students
- Gray Elementary SchoolBALCH SPRINGS, TX · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Gray Station Middle School0.3 mi · 609
- Jones County High School0.6 mi · 1,614
- Turner Woods Elementary School1.6 mi · 590
- Dames Ferry Elementary School4.8 mi · 613
- Mattie Wells Elementary School7.3 mi · 584
- Clifton Ridge Middle School8.7 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Gray Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gray Elementary School?
Gray Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gray Elementary School serve?
Gray Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gray Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gray Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gray Elementary School?
At Gray Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 2% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Gray Elementary School public or private?
Gray Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jones County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.