Mattie Lively Elementary School

As a moderately sized elementary school in Statesboro, Georgia, Mattie Lively Elementary School educates 607 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Bulloch County.

Within Bulloch County, which oversees 15 schools and 10,999 students, Mattie Lively Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mattie Lively Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mattie Lively Elementary School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bulloch County runs at roughly 87%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mattie Lively Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bulloch County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,810 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bulloch County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,194 students), Mattie Lively Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Julia P. Bryant Elementary School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mattie Lively Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 30.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 604 students in 2018 compared to 607 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 56% to 50%.

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