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If you could change one rule at Joseph Martin Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
720
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY COUNTY·NCES 130330002046
Joseph Martin Elementary School
1000 Joseph Martin Rd, Hinesville, GA 31313 · (912) 368-3114 · Liberty County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- C-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
15.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
547 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
27.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -7.5pp since 2021
Math
30.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 31.1% |
| 2022-23 | 34.7% | 37.6% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 28.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Joseph Martin Elementary School
Joseph Martin Elementary School's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Martin Elementary School this school | 720 | 76.0% | 31.0% |
| Bill Arp Elementary School Douglasville | 645 | 77.7% | 30.3% |
| Southwest Elementary School Savannah | 769 | 78.4% | 25.0% |
| West Chatham Elementary School Pooler | 796 | 77.0% | 29.9% |
| Hiram Elementary School Hiram | 797 | 71.5% | 28.6% |
| Bay Creek Elementary School Loganville | 776 | 69.5% | 42.6% |
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 Joseph Martin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Liberty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #775 of 1,208 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #858 of 1,215 ▼ 41 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #807 of 1,215 ▼ 66 | #5 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #223 of 1,183 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #339 of 1,324 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,153 of 1,301 | #6 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #206 of 1,301 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #771 of 1,312 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #137 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
720
+96 (+15%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 853
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 720 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 76% (547) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 46.2 | 17.0:1 | 70% (553) |
| 2022-23 | 772 | 43.2 | 17.9:1 | 64% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 44 | 14.2:1 | 63% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 43.3 | 14.5:1 | 61% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 57% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 56% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 665 | 37 | 18.0:1 | 48% (318) |
| 1990-91 | 853 | 46 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph Martin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (628 to 720); teachers up 9% (43.3 to 47).
About Joseph Martin Elementary School
Joseph Martin Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Hinesville, Georgia. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 720 students.
Liberty County counts 10,925 students in its 12 schools, and Joseph Martin Elementary School is one of them.
At Joseph Martin Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 49%. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 18% White, and 10% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Its staff includes 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 2.0 students per teacher. Roughly 76% of students at Joseph Martin Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 89% average for public schools in Liberty County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Joseph Martin Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 20% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Joseph Martin Elementary School scores 31.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 38.1%.
In Liberty County, home to about 67,397 people, median household income comes to about $60,456, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 12 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,925, Joseph Martin Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Snelson-Golden Middle School is closest at about 0.1 miles. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Joseph Martin Elementary School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Joseph Martin Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The school's enrollment rose 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.2:1 to 15.3:1.
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Liberty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,397
Census ACS
Median income
$60,456
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
10,925 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberty County
- Bradwell InstituteHigh · 1,900 students
- Liberty County High SchoolHigh · 1,192 students
- Button Gwinnett Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,162 students
- Snelson-Golden Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Lewis Frasier Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Taylors Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
Other schools in Hinesville
- Bradwell InstituteHigh · 1,900 students
- Liberty County High SchoolHigh · 1,192 students
- Button Gwinnett Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,162 students
- Snelson-Golden Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Lewis Frasier Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Taylors Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 765 students
Nearby schools
- Snelson-Golden Middle School0.1 mi · 876
- Button Gwinnett Elementary School1.2 mi · 1,162
- Bradwell Institute1.8 mi · 1,900
- Liberty County High School2.5 mi · 1,192
- Lewis Frasier Middle School3.8 mi · 828
- Frank Long Elementary School3.8 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph Martin Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Joseph Martin Elementary School?
Joseph Martin Elementary School enrolls approximately 720 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Joseph Martin Elementary School serve?
Joseph Martin Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Joseph Martin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Joseph Martin Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Joseph Martin Elementary School?
Joseph Martin Elementary School reports a student body of 18% White, 20% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Joseph Martin Elementary School in?
Joseph Martin Elementary School is part of Liberty County.
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