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What's one thing Sallas Mahone Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,045
Elementary
DISTRICT 808 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALDOSTA CITY·NCES 130531002468
Sallas Mahone Elementary
3686 Lake Laurie Dr, Valdosta, GA 31605 · (229) 333-8530 · Lowndes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,045 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
14.5:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
849 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 58 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 172 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 184 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 155 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 173 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (172) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (159).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
28.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.5pp since 2021
Math
36.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 36.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.6% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.2% | 25.5% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 25.6% |
% 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
30.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Sallas Mahone Elementary
Sallas Mahone Elementary's state test result (30.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sallas Mahone Elementary this school | 1,045 | 81.2% | 30.8% |
| Rosebud Elementary School Loganville | 1,042 | 80.2% | 51.1% |
| Tussahaw Elementary McDonough | 886 | 78.4% | 19.7% |
| Norton Elementary School Snellville | 1,042 | 81.2% | 32.2% |
| Rice Creek School Port Wentworth | 1,011 | 74.6% | 26.1% |
| Lakeview Primary Milledgeville | 804 | 83.7% | N/A |
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 Sallas Mahone Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Lowndes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #778 of 1,208 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #698 of 1,215 ▲ 73 | #8 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #768 of 1,215 ▲ 107 | #8 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #232 of 1,183 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,045 | #63 of 1,324 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #977 of 1,301 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.1% | #789 of 1,301 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.2% | #699 of 1,312 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #558 of 854 | #3 of 11 |
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
1,045
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+90% since 2000-01, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,045 | 72 | 14.5:1 | 81% (849) |
| 2023-24 | 1,097 | 75.6 | 14.5:1 | 83% (911) |
| 2022-23 | 1,078 | 75.9 | 14.2:1 | 90% (974) |
| 2020-21 | 1,053 | 72 | 14.6:1 | 95% (997) |
| 2017-18 | 1,155 | 70.2 | 16.4:1 | 100% (1,155) |
| 2015-16 | 1,064 | 66 | 16.1:1 | 100% (1,061) |
| 2010-11 | 929 | 63 | 14.8:1 | 57% (530) |
| 2000-01 | 549 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 44% (240) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sallas Mahone Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,155 to 1,045); teachers up 3% (70.2 to 72).
About Sallas Mahone Elementary
Sallas Mahone Elementary is a large elementary school in Valdosta, Georgia, (ZIP code 31605). Its enrollment is 1,045 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students, which makes this school 73% bigger than average.
Sallas Mahone Elementary falls under Valdosta City, which has 8 schools enrolling 8,247 students.
The student body at Sallas Mahone Elementary is 69% Black. The school is also 12% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 37%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 14.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Sallas Mahone Elementary, which has 72. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 1.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Sallas Mahone Elementary is about 81%. The figure for public schools in Lowndes County is close, at 80%.
Sallas Mahone Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Georgia public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sallas Mahone Elementary is 4.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 30.8% actual, 35.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Looking at the county, Lowndes County, median household income comes to about $58,541, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 20, with about 19,812 students.
Sallas Mahone Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Dewar Elementary, about 1.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Sallas Mahone Elementary is behind the 37.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Sallas Mahone Elementary falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,053) to 2024-25 (1,045).
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Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
119,965
Census ACS
Median income
$58,541
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
19,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Valdosta City
- Valdosta High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Valdosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- W.G. Nunn ElementaryElementary · 974 students
- S.L. Mason Elementary SchoolElementary · 881 students
- Newbern Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- J. L. Lomax Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
Other schools in Valdosta
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Valdosta High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Valdosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- W.G. Nunn ElementaryElementary · 974 students
- Scintilla Charter AcademyCombined · 947 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Dewar Elementary1.4 mi · 821
- Valdosta Middle School2.2 mi · 1,024
- W.G. Nunn Elementary3.0 mi · 974
- Newbern Middle School3.0 mi · 725
- Scintilla Charter Academy3.1 mi · 947
- Valdosta High School3.6 mi · 2,457
Frequently asked questions
About Sallas Mahone ElementaryHow many students attend Sallas Mahone Elementary?
Sallas Mahone Elementary enrolls approximately 1,045 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sallas Mahone Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sallas Mahone Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sallas Mahone Elementary have?
Sallas Mahone Elementary employs 72 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is Sallas Mahone Elementary?
Sallas Mahone Elementary reports a student body of 12% White, 10% Hispanic, 69% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sallas Mahone Elementary?
Sallas Mahone Elementary is overseen by Valdosta City in Lowndes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.