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What tradition at International Studies Elementary Charter School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183000837
International Studies Elementary Charter School
2237 Cutts Dr, Albany, GA 31705 · (229) 431-3384 · Dougherty County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- 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
13.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
453 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
25.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -10.6pp since 2021
Math
36.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.6% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 33.5% |
| 2022-23 | 35.9% | 37.7% |
| 2021-22 | 36.2% | 34.1% |
% 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
34.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 International Studies Elementary Charter School
International Studies Elementary Charter School's state test result (34.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Studies Elementary Charter School this school | 470 | 96.4% | 34.5% |
| Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School Columbus | 487 | 100.0% | 9.7% |
| Shuman Elementary School Savannah | 482 | 92.9% | 25.5% |
| Lee Street Elementary School Jonesboro | 515 | 100.0% | 9.6% |
| Mount Zion Elementary School Jonesboro | 491 | 100.0% | 20.0% |
| Palmetto Elementary School Palmetto | 436 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
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 International Studies Elementary Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Dougherty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #683 of 1,208 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #701 of 1,215 ▲ 57 | #5 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #863 of 1,215 ▼ 182 | #5 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.2pp | #169 of 1,183 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #928 of 1,324 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #542 of 1,301 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #900 of 1,301 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #499 of 1,312 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.3% | #187 of 386 | N/A |
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
470
+54 (+13%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 470 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 96% (453) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 96% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 447 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 31 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 99% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 79% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 72% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 30 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for International Studies Elementary Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (426 to 470); teachers up 16% (31 to 36).
About International Studies Elementary Charter School
At 2237 Cutts Dr in Albany, Georgia, International Studies Elementary Charter School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. Total enrollment is 470 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Georgia have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 22% lower.
Dougherty County is responsible for 22 schools, International Studies Elementary Charter School included, with 13,241 students in all.
Black students are 71% of those enrolled at International Studies Elementary Charter School. The next largest groups are 23% Hispanic and 4% White. That is in line with Dougherty County, where about 71% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at International Studies Elementary Charter School are from different groups.
International Studies Elementary Charter School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 13.3:1. The school has 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 98% average for public schools in Dougherty County.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, International Studies Elementary Charter School outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, International Studies Elementary Charter School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.5%; the prediction is 27.6%.
In Dougherty County, the median household earns about $49,044 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 22, with about 13,241 students.
Measured in a straight line, Dougherty Comprehensive High School is about 0.9 miles from International Studies Elementary Charter School. The five-mile area around International Studies Elementary Charter School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 17.0%, lower than International Studies Elementary Charter School's 34.5%.
In the federal locale system, International Studies Elementary Charter School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school grew from 416 students in 2020-21 to 470 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for International Studies Elementary Charter School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Dougherty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,091
Census ACS
Median income
$49,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dougherty County
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Albany
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Dougherty Comprehensive High School0.9 mi · 1,191
- South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix1.0 mi · 73
- Turner Elementary School1.5 mi · 412
- Morningside Elementary School2.1 mi · 331
- Radium Springs Elementary School2.4 mi · 682
- Robert H Harvey Elementary School2.6 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About International Studies Elementary Charter SchoolHow many students attend International Studies Elementary Charter School?
International Studies Elementary Charter School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-05.
Is International Studies Elementary Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
International Studies Elementary Charter School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at International Studies Elementary Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at International Studies Elementary Charter School is approximately 13.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at International Studies Elementary Charter School?
At International Studies Elementary Charter School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 23% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is International Studies Elementary Charter School in?
International Studies Elementary Charter School is part of Dougherty County.
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