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Enrollment
1,051
Elementary
DISTRICT 839 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYAN COUNTY·NCES 130057004189
McAllister Elementary School
224 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, Richmond Hill, GA 31324 · (912) 851-4040 · Bryan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,051 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
15.1:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
126 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 84 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 162 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 157 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 171 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 188 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (188).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
65.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
81.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.4% | 81.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.9% | 77.5% |
| 2022-23 | 68.9% | 75.9% |
| 2021-22 | 64.2% | 67.2% |
% 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 McAllister Elementary School
McAllister Elementary School's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAllister Elementary School this school | 1,051 | 12.0% | 73.8% |
| Frances Meeks Elementary School Richmond Hill | 908 | 16.9% | 70.9% |
| Sweet Apple Elementary School Roswell | 845 | 8.6% | 81.3% |
| Roswell North Elementary School Roswell | 950 | 19.5% | 74.4% |
| Tritt Elementary School Marietta | 804 | 9.2% | 83.5% |
| Bascomb Elementary School Woodstock | 911 | 19.3% | 65.0% |
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 McAllister Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bryan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #63 of 1,208 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #37 of 1,215 ▲ 27 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #94 of 1,215 ▼ 7 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #216 of 1,183 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,051 | #58 of 1,324 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,119 of 1,301 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #830 of 1,301 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.0% | #1,280 of 1,312 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #586 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
1,051
+235 (+29%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 1,051 | 69.5 | 15.1:1 | 12% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 983 | 58.5 | 16.8:1 | 14% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 58 | 15.8:1 | 9% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 9% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 1,149 | 67 | 17.1:1 | 6% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 832 | 49 | 17.0:1 | 11% (88) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McAllister Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,149 to 1,051); teachers up 4% (67 to 69.5).
About McAllister Elementary School
McAllister Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Richmond Hill, Georgia, (ZIP code 31324). Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 1,051 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 74% bigger than that.
McAllister Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Bryan County, which enrolls 10,677 students in total.
At 71%, White students outnumber all other groups at McAllister Elementary School combined. The school is also 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is close to the 71% White share among all Bryan County residents. McAllister Elementary School has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 69.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. That ratio is over the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at McAllister Elementary School is 12%. The 36% average for public schools in Bryan County is 24 points higher.
allk12 grades McAllister Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 71.1%. McAllister Elementary School scores 73.8%.
In the county around the school, Bryan County, median household income is about $103,408, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 10 public schools operate in Bryan County, serving about 10,677 students.
Nearest public school: Frances Meeks Elementary School, about 3.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 3. Compared with its nearest neighbors, McAllister Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,051, 29% above the 816 of 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 16.6:1 to 15.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Bryan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,263
Census ACS
Median income
$103,408
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
10,677 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bryan County
- Richmond Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,671 students
- Richmond Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,022 students
- Bryan County Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,020 students
- Frances Meeks Elementary SchoolElementary · 908 students
- Richmond Hill Primary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
Other schools in Richmond Hill
- Richmond Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,671 students
- Richmond Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,022 students
- Frances Meeks Elementary SchoolElementary · 908 students
- Richmond Hill Primary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- Frances Meeks Elementary School3.9 mi · 908
- Richmond Hill Middle School4.1 mi · 2,022
- Richmond Hill High School5.0 mi · 2,671
- Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School5.4 mi · 658
- Richmond Hill Elementary School5.4 mi · 662
- Richmond Hill Primary School5.5 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About McAllister Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at McAllister Elementary School?
McAllister Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,051 students in grades PK-05.
Is McAllister Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McAllister Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at McAllister Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at McAllister Elementary School.
How diverse is McAllister Elementary School?
McAllister Elementary School reports a student body of 71% White, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is McAllister Elementary School public or private?
McAllister Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bryan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.