Joseph Martin Elementary School

Joseph Martin Elementary School operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Hinesville, Georgia, one of the schools within Liberty County. Current enrollment sits at 720 students spanning grades K through 5.

Liberty County runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 10,925 students. Joseph Martin Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Joseph Martin Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 20% Hispanic, 18% White, 10% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Joseph Martin Elementary School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 76% 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 Liberty County's rate of about 89%.

After controlling for student poverty, Joseph Martin Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 31.0%, a residual of -7.1 points.

In the area at large, Liberty County reports that median household income runs about $60,456, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Liberty County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,925 students), of which Joseph Martin Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Snelson-Golden Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Joseph Martin Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Joseph Martin Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Joseph Martin Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 15% since 2018, when it stood at 628 (now 720). The White share of enrollment declined from 25% to 18% over that span.

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