Enrollment
230
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURKE COUNTY·NCES 130066001992
S G A Elementary School
1265 Charles Perry Ave, Sardis, GA 30456 · (912) 569-4322 · Burke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL230 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
230 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Based on grade levels within Burke County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
24.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
37.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 have held steady.
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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
230
-34 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 13.2:1
% White
39%
was 36%
% Hispanic
1%
was 5%
% Black
52%
was 53%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About S G A Elementary School
S G An Elementary School is an one-room-style elementary campus in Sardis, Georgia, part of Burke County. The school enrolls 230 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so S G An Elementary School sits 62% below that benchmark.
Across the 5 schools in Burke County (3,841 students total), S G An Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, S G An Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 39% White, 7% multiracial.
On the resource side, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, S G An Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.6%.
Around the school, census data for Burke County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,014 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Burke County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,841 students), of which S G An Elementary School is one.
Blakeney Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 14.2 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, S G An Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.6%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at S G An Elementary School has shrank 13%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 230 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.
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Burke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
24,470
Census ACS
Median income
$53,014
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
3,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Burke County
- Burke County High SchoolHigh · 1,133 students
- Waynesboro Primary SchoolElementary · 924 students
- Burke County Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Blakeney ElementaryElementary · 726 students
Nearby schools
- Blakeney Elementary14.2 mi · 726
- Burke County High School14.4 mi · 1,133
- Waynesboro Primary School14.4 mi · 924
- Burke County Middle School14.5 mi · 828
- Virtual Preparatory Academy of GA @ Jenkins15.3 mi · 604
- Jenkins County Elementary School15.5 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About S G A Elementary SchoolHow many students attend S G A Elementary School?
S G A Elementary School enrolls approximately 230 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does S G A Elementary School serve?
S G A Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at S G A Elementary School?
Approximately 9.2:1 students per teacher at S G A Elementary School.
How diverse is S G A Elementary School?
S G A Elementary School reports a student body of 39% White, 1% Hispanic, 52% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees S G A Elementary School?
S G A Elementary School is overseen by Burke County in Burke County.
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