Jesup Elementary School

Jesup Elementary School is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Jesup, Georgia, one of the schools within Wayne County, instructing 706 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Jesup Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Wayne County, a district that hosts 5,348 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Jesup Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 25% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Jesup Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of +6.5 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,427 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,348 students), Jesup Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Arthur Williams Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Jesup Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jesup Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.6%.

Jesup Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 735 students in 2018 compared to 706 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 30% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Jesup Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.