Nevils Elementary School

Nevils Elementary School, a tight-knit elementary school in Statesboro, Georgia, part of Bulloch County, hosts 481 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 20% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Nevils Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest breaks down as 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Bulloch County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nevils Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.4%; Nevils Elementary School posts 56.5%, +20.1 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bulloch County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,810 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Nevils Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Bulloch County (combined enrollment of about 11,194 students).

Southeast Bulloch Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.9 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nevils Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 32.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nevils Elementary School has grew 6%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 481 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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