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Enrollment
588
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY COUNTY·NCES 130330001911
Lyman Hall Elementary School
1396 Shaw Rd, Hinesville, GA 31313 · (912) 368-3348 · Liberty County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL588 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- B-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
14.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
588 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 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
61%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
19.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.1pp since 2021
Math
23.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 23.9% |
| 2022-23 | 25.8% | 24.9% |
| 2021-22 | 19.1% | 17.7% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Lyman Hall Elementary School
Lyman Hall Elementary School's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Hall Elementary School this school | 588 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| Middle Ridge Elementary School Covington | 594 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| Northside Elementary School Warner Robins | 564 | 100.0% | 33.2% |
| Quitman Elementary School Quitman | 596 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
| Oak Hill Elementary School Covington | 663 | 100.0% | 33.7% |
| Langston Chapel Elementary School Statesboro | 647 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
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 Lyman Hall Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Liberty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #989 of 1,208 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,006 of 1,215 ▼ 37 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,039 of 1,215 ▼ 175 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #562 of 1,183 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 588 | #632 of 1,324 | #7 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,030 of 1,301 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #456 of 1,301 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #296 of 1,312 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #564 of 854 | 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
588
-35 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 588 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 100% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 88% (524) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 40 | 15.1:1 | 86% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 79% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 77% (502) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 79% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 73% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 34 | 20.8:1 | 64% (450) |
| 1990-91 | 766 | 44 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyman Hall Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (648 to 588); teachers down 9% (44 to 40).
About Lyman Hall Elementary School
Lyman Hall Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Hinesville, Georgia. Enrollment is 588 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
Lyman Hall Elementary School is a school in Liberty County. The district has 12 schools and 10,925 students.
Black students account for 59% of enrollment at Lyman Hall Elementary School. Other groups make up 15% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. Liberty County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Lyman Hall Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
A ratio of 14.7:1 comes from the school's 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 100% of students at Lyman Hall Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Liberty County is 89%.
allk12 grades Lyman Hall Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.7%.
Across Liberty County, median household income is about $60,456, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of Liberty County number 12 and enroll about 10,925.
Lewis Frasier Middle School is the public school closest to Lyman Hall Elementary School, about 1.5 miles away. Lyman Hall Elementary School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lyman Hall Elementary School at 9th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, Lyman Hall Elementary School is City: Small.
Lyman Hall Elementary School had 623 students in 2020-21 and 588 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
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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
Other Lyman Hall Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lyman Hall Elementary. Lyman Hall Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lyman Hall Elementary SchoolGainesville, GA · 785 students
Nearby schools
- Lewis Frasier Middle School1.5 mi · 828
- Frank Long Elementary School1.6 mi · 685
- Taylors Creek Elementary School2.3 mi · 765
- Waldo Pafford Elementary School2.9 mi · 741
- Bradwell Institute3.8 mi · 1,900
- Button Gwinnett Elementary School4.4 mi · 1,162
Frequently asked questions
About Lyman Hall Elementary SchoolHow large is Lyman Hall Elementary School?
Lyman Hall Elementary School enrolls approximately 588 students in grades KG-05.
Is Lyman Hall Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lyman Hall Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lyman Hall Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lyman Hall Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lyman Hall Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lyman Hall Elementary School are roughly 15% White, 13% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Lyman Hall Elementary School in?
Lyman Hall Elementary School is part of Liberty County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.