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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMDEN COUNTY·NCES 130078000313
Saint Marys Elementary School
600 Osborne St, Saint Marys, GA 31558 · (912) 882-4839 · Camden County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- B+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
15.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
368 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 28 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
58.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.7pp since 2021
Math
69.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 69.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 67.1% |
| 2022-23 | 51.7% | 57.9% |
| 2021-22 | 51.3% | 66.2% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Saint Marys Elementary School
Saint Marys Elementary School's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Marys Elementary School this school | 623 | 59.1% | 61.2% |
| Park Elementary School Hamilton | 628 | 58.8% | 49.2% |
| New Hope Elementary Locust Grove | 621 | 58.8% | 45.2% |
| Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary Rockmart | 637 | 61.9% | 43.1% |
| Lee County Primary School Leesburg | 635 | 62.4% | N/A |
| Hollis Hand Elementary School LaGrange | 579 | 65.5% | 55.5% |
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 Saint Marys Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Camden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #183 of 1,208 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #130 of 1,215 ▲ 25 | #3 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #156 of 1,215 ▲ 72 | #4 of 9 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #367 of 1,183 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #540 of 1,324 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,187 of 1,301 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #579 of 1,301 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.1% | #954 of 1,312 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #638 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
623
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 59% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 61% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 48% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 47% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 52% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 56% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 690 | 41 | 16.8:1 | 58% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 35% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 768 | 38 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saint Marys Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (670 to 623); teachers unchanged (40 to 40).
About Saint Marys Elementary School
Students in Saint Marys, Georgia, attend Saint Marys Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 623 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Saint Marys Elementary School is one school in a 12-school district, Camden County, which enrolls 9,754 students.
At Saint Marys Elementary School, White students make up 61% of the student body. The school is also 18% Black, 12% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. That is lower than the 70% White share among all Camden County residents. Saint Marys Elementary School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 40 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school's lunch program data list 59% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 50% average among public schools in Camden County.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Saint Marys Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Saint Marys Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.2% and a predicted 46.8%.
Among Camden County residents, the median household income is $74,378, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Saint Marys Elementary School, Camden County has 11 other public schools.
Saint Marys Middle School is located about 2.4 miles from Saint Marys Elementary School. The five-mile area around Saint Marys Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Saint Marys Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Saint Marys Elementary School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment went from 608 in 2020-21 to 623 in 2024-25, a change of 15 students.
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Camden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,970
Census ACS
Median income
$74,378
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
9,754 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Camden County
- Camden County High SchoolHigh · 2,912 students
- Camden Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,078 students
- Saint Marys Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,077 students
- Matilda Harris Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Sugarmill ElementaryElementary · 651 students
- Crooked River Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
Other schools in Saint Marys
- Saint Marys Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,077 students
- Sugarmill ElementaryElementary · 651 students
- Crooked River Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Mary Lee Clark Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Saint Marys Middle School2.4 mi · 1,077
- Mary Lee Clark Elementary School3.9 mi · 480
- Crooked River Elementary School5.4 mi · 611
- Sugarmill Elementary5.9 mi · 651
- NASSAU VIRTUAL FRANCHISE6.7 mi · 74
- NASSAU COUNTY COMMUNITY SCHOOL6.7 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Saint Marys Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Saint Marys Elementary School?
Saint Marys Elementary School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Saint Marys Elementary School serve?
Saint Marys Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Saint Marys Elementary School have?
Saint Marys Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Saint Marys Elementary School?
Saint Marys Elementary School reports a student body of 61% White, 8% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Saint Marys Elementary School public or private?
Saint Marys Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Camden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.