Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Greenbrier Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Greenbrier Elementary School
Greenbrier Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Evans, Georgia, operated by Columbia County. Current enrollment sits at 610 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Within Columbia County, which oversees 31 schools and 28,964 students, Greenbrier Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Greenbrier Elementary School records that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Columbia County's rate of about 39%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Greenbrier Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.8%; this one delivers 72.9%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Columbia County put median household earnings sit near $95,592, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Columbia County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,518 students), of which Greenbrier Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is Greenbrier Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Greenbrier Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Greenbrier Elementary School has shrank 10%, going from 677 students in 2018 to 610 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the Greenbrier Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,030 students
- Greenbrier Middle SchoolMiddle · 853 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolElementary · 795 students
- Greenbrier Middle School0.1 mi · 853
- Greenbrier High School0.2 mi · 1,935
- SAIL Charter Academy - School for Arts-Infused Learning2.5 mi · 554
- Parkway Elementary School2.5 mi · 795
- Riverside Elementary School3.5 mi · 640
- Evans Elementary School3.7 mi · 730