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What's the most underrated thing about Lewiston Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA COUNTY·NCES 130141002848
Lewiston Elementary School
5426 Hereford Farm Rd, Evans, GA 30809 · (706) 650-6064 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
14.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
190 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
68.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.7pp since 2021
Math
76.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 76.3% |
| 2023-24 | 73.9% | 69.4% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 66.2% |
| 2021-22 | 66.3% | 64.6% |
% 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Lewiston Elementary School
Lewiston Elementary School's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston Elementary School this school | 614 | 30.9% | 71.4% |
| Frey Elementary School Acworth | 691 | 29.8% | 58.3% |
| Sara Harp Minter Elementary School Fayetteville | 689 | 27.7% | 66.4% |
| Riverside Elementary School Evans | 640 | 24.7% | 71.0% |
| Museum School Avondale Estates Avondale Estates | 588 | 36.2% | 54.3% |
| Crabapple Lane Elementary School Peachtree City | 594 | 24.2% | 69.8% |
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 Lewiston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #88 of 1,208 | #6 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #76 of 1,215 ▲ 58 | #6 of 17 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #83 of 1,215 ▼ 27 | #5 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #272 of 1,183 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #561 of 1,324 | #13 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #956 of 1,301 | #9 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #401 of 1,301 | #12 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #1,178 of 1,312 | #12 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #479 of 854 | #2 of 7 |
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
614
-137 (-18%) vs 2020
-37% since 2010-11, when it was 967
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 614 | 42.6 | 14.4:1 | 31% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 800 | 51.3 | 15.6:1 | 38% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 892 | 57.4 | 15.5:1 | 27% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 751 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 18% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 21% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 19% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 967 | 56 | 17.3:1 | 25% (242) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lewiston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (693 to 614); teachers down 1% (43 to 42.6).
About Lewiston Elementary School
Lewiston Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Evans, Georgia. It serves 614 students in pre-K through 5.
Within Columbia County, Lewiston Elementary School is one of 31 schools. The district enrolls 28,964 students.
At 56%, White students outnumber all other groups at Lewiston Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 21% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 66% of Columbia County residents are White. By the diversity index, Lewiston Elementary School comes in at 62%.
Lewiston Elementary School counts 42.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.4 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 39% for public schools in Columbia County.
The allk12 Grade for Lewiston Elementary School is A+. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Lewiston Elementary School is 10.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (71.4% versus 61.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Columbia County census figures show that median household income is about $95,592, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Lewiston Elementary School is among the 32 public schools in Columbia County.
Of nearby public schools, Columbia Middle School is the closest, at about 2.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Lewiston Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 751 in 2020-21 and 614 in 2024-25, a decrease of 137 students.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,434
Census ACS
Median income
$95,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
29,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia County
- 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
Other schools in Evans
- 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
Other Lewiston Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Lewiston Elementary. Lewiston Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Lewiston Elementary SchoolLEWISTON, MI · 157 students
- LEWISTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLEWISTON, NE · 122 students
- Lewiston ElementaryPortage, WI · 84 students
- Lewiston ElementaryLewiston, CA · 68 students
Nearby schools
- Columbia Middle School2.3 mi · 903
- Grovetown High School2.4 mi · 2,256
- Parkway Elementary School2.5 mi · 795
- Evans Middle School2.6 mi · 1,030
- Baker Place Elementary2.6 mi · 958
- Evans Elementary School3.1 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About Lewiston Elementary SchoolHow large is Lewiston Elementary School?
Lewiston Elementary School enrolls approximately 614 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lewiston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lewiston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lewiston Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lewiston Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lewiston Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lewiston Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 9% Hispanic, 21% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Lewiston Elementary School in?
Lewiston Elementary School is part of Columbia County.
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