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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLYNN COUNTY·NCES 130240000950
Oglethorpe Point Elementary School
6200 Frederica Rd, Saint Simons Island, GA 31522 · (912) 638-6200 · Glynn County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
12.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
214 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 48 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
45%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.8pp since 2021
Math
78.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.8% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.9% | 77.5% |
| 2022-23 | 72.8% | 77.9% |
| 2021-22 | 74.6% | 81.8% |
% 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
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% 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 19 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 Oglethorpe Point Elementary School
Oglethorpe Point Elementary School's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oglethorpe Point Elementary School this school | 486 | 44.0% | 73.7% |
| New Mountain Hill Elementary School Fortson | 509 | 38.5% | 64.0% |
| Moreland Elementary School Moreland | 547 | 40.8% | 54.2% |
| Providence Elementary School Temple | 557 | 42.0% | 54.2% |
| Johnson Elementary Rome | 518 | 43.4% | 80.6% |
| Whitesburg Elementary School Whitesburg | 517 | 42.7% | 49.0% |
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 Oglethorpe Point Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Glynn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #64 of 1,208 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #63 of 1,215 no change | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #75 of 1,215 no change | #1 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.3pp | #166 of 1,183 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #892 of 1,324 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #361 of 1,301 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #867 of 1,301 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #1,088 of 1,312 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #293 of 854 | #3 of 7 |
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
486
-54 (-10%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
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 | 486 | 39.3 | 12.4:1 | 44% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 41.3 | 12.7:1 | 32% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 40.5 | 13.7:1 | 23% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 34.5 | 17.1:1 | 22% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 26% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 641 | 43 | 14.9:1 | 29% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 14% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oglethorpe Point Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (589 to 486); teachers up 14% (34.5 to 39.3).
About Oglethorpe Point Elementary School
Oglethorpe Point Elementary School is a small elementary school in Saint Simons Island, Georgia. The school reports 486 students in pre-K through 5.
Oglethorpe Point Elementary School is a school in Glynn County. The district has 17 schools and 12,750 students.
White students make up a majority at Oglethorpe Point Elementary School, at 72%. The remaining shares are 14% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Oglethorpe Point Elementary School's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 12.4:1 comes from the school's 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.0 students per teacher below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 44% in 2024-25. The 79% average for public schools in Glynn County is 35 points higher.
allk12 grades Oglethorpe Point 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 post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 54.6%. Oglethorpe Point Elementary School posts 73.7%, 19.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Glynn County this way: the median household income is $69,799, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. In all, Glynn County has 18 public schools and roughly 13,911 students.
Nearest public school: St. Simons Elementary School, about 5.7 miles away. Within ten miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Oglethorpe Point Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 54 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.2:1 to 12.4:1.
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Glynn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,447
Census ACS
Median income
$69,799
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
13,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Glynn County
- Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 1,951 students
- Glynn AcademyHigh · 1,911 students
- Jane Macon MiddleMiddle · 801 students
- Sterling Elementary SchoolElementary · 767 students
- Satilla Marsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Needwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 736 students
Other schools in Saint Simons Island
- St. Simons Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- St. Simons Elementary School5.7 mi · 462
- Altama Elementary School5.9 mi · 672
- Goodyear Elementary School6.4 mi · 515
- Greer Elementary School6.4 mi · 599
- Needwood Middle School6.5 mi · 736
- Brunswick High School6.8 mi · 1,951
Frequently asked questions
About Oglethorpe Point Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Oglethorpe Point Elementary School?
Oglethorpe Point Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Oglethorpe Point Elementary School serve?
Oglethorpe Point Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oglethorpe Point Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oglethorpe Point Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oglethorpe Point Elementary School?
At Oglethorpe Point Elementary School, the student body is approximately 72% White, 9% Hispanic, 14% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Oglethorpe Point Elementary School in?
Oglethorpe Point Elementary School is part of Glynn County.
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