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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON COUNTY·NCES 130288002131
Pearl Stephens Elementary School
420 Pearl Stephens Way, Warner Robins, GA 31098 · (478) 929-7895 · Houston County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
436 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 149 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 34% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 31% |
Student demographics
51%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
28.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.5pp since 2021
Math
30.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.5% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 31.2% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 29.8% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 34.3% |
% 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
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Pearl Stephens Elementary School
Pearl Stephens Elementary School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Stephens Elementary School this school | 436 | 100.0% | 30.4% |
| Palmetto Elementary School Palmetto | 436 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Sims Elementary School Conyers | 462 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Anna K. Davie Elementary Rome | 413 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
| Dooly County Elementary School Pinehurst | 508 | 100.0% | 14.7% |
| Main Elementary School Rome | 424 | 100.0% | 13.6% |
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 Pearl Stephens Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Houston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #790 of 1,208 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #848 of 1,215 ▼ 36 | #15 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #772 of 1,215 ▼ 58 | #16 of 19 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #311 of 1,183 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #1,008 of 1,324 | #25 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #778 of 1,301 | #8 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #758 of 1,301 | #24 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #281 of 1,312 | #7 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #813 of 854 | #15 of 15 |
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
436
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+1018% since 1990-91, when it was 39
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 436 | 31.6 | 13.8:1 | 100% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 32.8 | 13.4:1 | 100% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 84% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 81% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 32.5 | 13.6:1 | 97% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 97% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 86% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 43 | 10.1:1 | 81% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 39 | 7 | 5.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pearl Stephens Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (443 to 436); teachers down 3% (32.5 to 31.6).
About Pearl Stephens Elementary School
Pearl Stephens Elementary School is a small elementary school located in Warner Robins, Georgia. It enrolls 436 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 3 through 5. It has 28% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
Houston County runs Pearl Stephens Elementary School along with 37 other schools, enrolling 30,939 students in total.
More than half of the students at Pearl Stephens Elementary School are Black (67%). The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 9% White, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Houston County's population at about 32%. The diversity index for Pearl Stephens Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 100% of students at Pearl Stephens Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Houston County averages 74%, lower than here.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Pearl Stephens Elementary School is 4.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 30.4%. Predicted: 25.7%.
Looking at the county, Houston County, the median household earns about $80,698 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Pearl Stephens Elementary School, Houston County has 39 public schools.
C. B. Watson Primary School is about 0.3 miles from Pearl Stephens Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Pearl Stephens Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 32.9%, higher than Pearl Stephens Elementary School's 30.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 429 in 2020-21, 436 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Pearl Stephens Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Houston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,649
Census ACS
Median income
$80,698
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
30,939 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Houston County
- Houston County High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Veterans High SchoolHigh · 1,940 students
- Warner Robins High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Perry High SchoolHigh · 1,615 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
Other schools in Warner Robins
- Houston County High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,949 students
- Warner Robins High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Feagin Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 975 students
- Northside Middle SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Warner Robins Middle SchoolMiddle · 781 students
Nearby schools
- C. B. Watson Primary School0.3 mi · 618
- Warner Robins High School0.4 mi · 1,812
- Huntington Middle School0.9 mi · 780
- Westside Elementary School1.2 mi · 543
- Parkwood Elementary School1.7 mi · 683
- Northside High School1.8 mi · 1,949
Frequently asked questions
About Pearl Stephens Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pearl Stephens Elementary School?
Pearl Stephens Elementary School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Pearl Stephens Elementary School serve?
Pearl Stephens Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pearl Stephens Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pearl Stephens Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pearl Stephens Elementary School?
At Pearl Stephens Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 18% Hispanic, 67% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Pearl Stephens Elementary School?
Pearl Stephens Elementary School is overseen by Houston County in Houston County.
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