Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COFFEE COUNTY·NCES 130135000577
Nicholls Elementary School
704 Van Streat Hwy, Nicholls, GA 31554 · (912) 345-2429 · Coffee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% 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.
- BThree-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
14.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
325 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Nicholls Elementary School→Coffee Middle School
Based on grade levels within Coffee County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
36.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.1pp since 2021
Math
33.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.5pp 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 34 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.6% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 31.9% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 33.8% |
| 2021-22 | 30.4% | 31.1% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Nicholls Elementary School
Nicholls Elementary School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholls Elementary School this school | 325 | 100.0% | 34.6% |
| Crawford County Primary School Roberta | 346 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Crawford County Elementary Roberta | 312 | 100.0% | 21.6% |
| Broxton-Mary Hayes Elementary Broxton | 304 | 100.0% | 37.9% |
| Cloud Springs Elementary School Rossville | 346 | 98.8% | 38.7% |
| McBean Elementary School Hephzibah | 384 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
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 Nicholls Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Coffee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #682 of 1,208 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #773 of 1,215 ▲ 18 | #4 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #553 of 1,215 ▲ 240 | #2 of 8 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #432 of 1,183 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,219 of 1,324 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #868 of 1,301 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #701 of 1,301 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #129 of 1,312 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #544 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
325
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
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 | 325 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 100% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 23.2 | 14.4:1 | 100% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 22.2 | 14.8:1 | 83% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 81% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 360 | 22.8 | 15.8:1 | 90% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 90% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 77% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 19 | 19.2:1 | 76% (278) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 21 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nicholls Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (360 to 325); teachers up 1% (22.8 to 23).
About Nicholls Elementary School
Nicholls Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Nicholls, Georgia. The school serves 325 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 46% smaller than that.
District-wide, Coffee County has 12 schools and 7,640 students.
White students account for 65% of enrollment at Nicholls Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 18% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. By the diversity index, Nicholls Elementary School comes in at 53%.
Teacher staffing is 23 full-time equivalents, or about 14.1 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. About 100% of students, or 325, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 100% average for public schools in Coffee County.
allk12 grades Nicholls Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Nicholls Elementary School scores 34.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.7%.
Census Bureau estimates for Coffee County show that median household income is about $50,683, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nicholls Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Coffee County, which together enroll about 7,640 students.
The closest public school, West Green Elementary School, is about 8.8 miles from Nicholls Elementary School. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Nicholls Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Nicholls Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Nicholls Elementary School had 313 students in 2020-21 and 325 in 2024-25, a 4% rise.
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Coffee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,347
Census ACS
Median income
$50,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
7,640 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coffee County
- Coffee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,591 students
- Coffee County High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- Indian Creek ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Satilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 661 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
Nearby schools
- West Green Elementary School8.8 mi · 412
- Bacon County Primary School9.7 mi · 551
- Satilla Elementary School10.4 mi · 661
- Bacon County Middle School10.5 mi · 462
- Bacon County High School10.5 mi · 633
- Bacon County Elementary School10.9 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Nicholls Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nicholls Elementary School?
Nicholls Elementary School enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nicholls Elementary School serve?
Nicholls Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Nicholls Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Nicholls Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Nicholls Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nicholls Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 13% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Nicholls Elementary School in?
Nicholls Elementary School is part of Coffee County.
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