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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 725 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWNDES COUNTY·NCES 130339001010
Moulton-Branch Elementary School
5725 Inner Perimeter Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601 · (229) 245-2294 · Lowndes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- FThree-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
11.5:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
594 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 35 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
37.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.6pp since 2021
Math
51.7%
GA avg 44.6% . -7.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.1% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 54.9% |
| 2022-23 | 43.1% | 54.1% |
| 2021-22 | 45.7% | 59.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Moulton-Branch Elementary School
Moulton-Branch Elementary School's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moulton-Branch Elementary School this school | 594 | 100.0% | 47.3% |
| Bacon County Primary School Alma | 551 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Indian Creek Elementary Douglas | 675 | 100.0% | 46.3% |
| L. K. Moss Elementary School Buena Vista | 606 | 100.0% | 28.4% |
| Jeff Davis Elementary School Hazlehurst | 711 | 100.0% | 41.2% |
| Sunset Elementary School Moultrie | 614 | 100.0% | 48.9% |
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 Moulton-Branch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Lowndes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #392 of 1,208 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #373 of 1,215 ▼ 35 | #6 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #539 of 1,215 ▼ 36 | #7 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.2pp | #49 of 1,183 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #614 of 1,324 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #184 of 1,301 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #330 of 1,301 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #297 of 1,312 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #753 of 854 | #8 of 11 |
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
594
+34 (+6%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 594 | 51.6 | 11.5:1 | 100% (594) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 48.6 | 11.3:1 | 59% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 50 | 11.2:1 | 71% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 48 | 11.7:1 | 81% (455) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 47.5 | 13.0:1 | 72% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 69% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 659 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 64% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 53% (318) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moulton-Branch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (618 to 594); teachers up 9% (47.5 to 51.6).
About Moulton-Branch Elementary School
This page covers Moulton-Branch Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Valdosta, Georgia. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 594 students.
Moulton-Branch Elementary School falls under Lowndes County, which has 11 schools enrolling 10,618 students.
White students are the majority at Moulton-Branch Elementary School, with 52% of enrollment. The school is also 20% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is close to the 53% White share among all Lowndes County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 51.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.5:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Lowndes County average 80%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Moulton-Branch Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Moulton-Branch Elementary School is in the top 10% of Georgia schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.7%. The school's actual rate is 47.3%, 21.7 points higher.
Lowndes County has these Census figures: the median household income is $58,541, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lowndes County is home to 20 public schools and about 19,812 public school students.
Nearby, J. L. Lomax Elementary School is about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Moulton-Branch Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Moulton-Branch Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Moulton-Branch Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
2024-25 enrollment was 594, a 6% gain from 560 in 2020-21.
The Moulton-Branch Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
119,965
Census ACS
Median income
$58,541
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
19,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lowndes County
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 904 students
- Hahira Middle SchoolMiddle · 843 students
- Dewar ElementaryElementary · 821 students
- Lowndes Middle SchoolMiddle · 818 students
- Hahira Elementary SchoolElementary · 782 students
Other schools in Valdosta
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Valdosta High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Sallas Mahone ElementaryElementary · 1,045 students
- Valdosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- W.G. Nunn ElementaryElementary · 974 students
- Scintilla Charter AcademyCombined · 947 students
Nearby schools
- J. L. Lomax Elementary School0.5 mi · 576
- Pinevale Elementary School2.4 mi · 565
- Lowndes Middle School2.6 mi · 818
- W.G. Nunn Elementary3.6 mi · 974
- Newbern Middle School3.6 mi · 725
- Valdosta High School3.6 mi · 2,457
Frequently asked questions
About Moulton-Branch Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Moulton-Branch Elementary School?
Moulton-Branch Elementary School enrolls approximately 594 students in grades PK-05.
Is Moulton-Branch Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moulton-Branch Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Moulton-Branch Elementary School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Moulton-Branch Elementary School.
How diverse is Moulton-Branch Elementary School?
Moulton-Branch Elementary School reports a student body of 52% White, 20% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Moulton-Branch Elementary School in?
Moulton-Branch Elementary School is part of Lowndes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.