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Enrollment
607
Elementary
DISTRICT 602 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BULLOCH COUNTY·NCES 130063000290
Mattie Lively Elementary School
204 Debbie Dr, Statesboro, GA 30458 · (912) 212-8760 · Bulloch County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL607 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- B+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
12.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
607 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 82 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
29.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +12.8pp since 2021
Math
37.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +18.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.9% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.3% | 38.1% |
| 2022-23 | 20.3% | 28.8% |
| 2021-22 | 17.1% | 18.2% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 Mattie Lively Elementary School
Mattie Lively Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattie Lively Elementary School this school | 607 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
| Sally Dailey Meadows Elementary School Vidalia | 622 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Rocky Plains Elementary School Covington | 576 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Shirley Hills Elementary School Warner Robins | 565 | 100.0% | 46.6% |
| Jenkins County Elementary School Millen | 601 | 100.0% | 32.6% |
| Pelham Elementary School Pelham | 578 | 100.0% | 27.9% |
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 Mattie Lively Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bulloch County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #703 of 1,208 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #684 of 1,215 ▼ 35 | #6 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #721 of 1,215 ▲ 50 | #6 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.8pp | #27 of 1,183 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 607 | #578 of 1,324 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #414 of 1,301 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #398 of 1,301 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #56 of 1,312 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #376 of 386 | #6 of 6 |
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
607
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
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 | 607 | 48.2 | 12.6:1 | 100% (607) |
| 2023-24 | 608 | 49.1 | 12.4:1 | 93% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 50 | 11.7:1 | 76% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 640 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 72% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 48.5 | 12.4:1 | 78% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 48 | 12.4:1 | 74% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 71% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 65% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 594 | 39 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mattie Lively Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (604 to 607); teachers down 1% (48.5 to 48.2).
About Mattie Lively Elementary School
Mattie Lively Elementary School is an elementary school in Statesboro, Georgia, reachable at (912) 212-8760. It enrolls 607 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Besides Mattie Lively Elementary School, Bulloch County runs 14 other schools. The district enrolls 10,999 students.
Black students account for 50% of enrollment at Mattie Lively Elementary School, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 34% White, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 28% of Bulloch County residents are Black. The diversity index for Mattie Lively Elementary School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Mattie Lively Elementary School reported 48.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.6:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. There are 607 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 100% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Bulloch County averages 87%, lower than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Mattie Lively Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 63% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Test results at Mattie Lively Elementary School are 8.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (33.8% actual, 25.7% predicted).
The county, Bulloch County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $58,810, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 16, with about 11,194 students.
A public school about 1.3 miles away, Julia P. Bryant Elementary School, is the closest to Mattie Lively Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mattie Lively Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mattie Lively Elementary School had a net loss of 33 students, or 5%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.2 to 12.6 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Mattie Lively Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bulloch County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,683
Census ACS
Median income
$58,810
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
11,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bulloch County
- Statesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,801 students
- Southeast Bulloch High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Southeast Bulloch Middle SchoolMiddle · 884 students
- Brooklet Elementary SchoolElementary · 808 students
- Langston Chapel Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Julia P. Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
Other schools in Statesboro
- Statesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,801 students
- Langston Chapel Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Julia P. Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Sallie Zetterower Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Langston Chapel Elementary SchoolElementary · 647 students
- Mill Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Julia P. Bryant Elementary School1.3 mi · 712
- Statesboro STEAM Academy1.3 mi · 195
- William James Middle School2.1 mi · 536
- Statesboro High School2.3 mi · 1,801
- Mill Creek Elementary School2.6 mi · 602
- Sallie Zetterower Elementary School4.0 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About Mattie Lively Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mattie Lively Elementary School?
Mattie Lively Elementary School enrolls approximately 607 students in grades PK-05.
Is Mattie Lively Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mattie Lively Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Mattie Lively Elementary School have?
Mattie Lively Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
How diverse is Mattie Lively Elementary School?
Mattie Lively Elementary School reports a student body of 34% White, 10% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Mattie Lively Elementary School public or private?
Mattie Lively Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bulloch County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.