Sallie Zetterower Elementary School

Located at 1200 Cawana Rd, in Statesboro, Georgia, Sallie Zetterower Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that serves 689 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Bulloch County.

Bulloch County runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,999 students. Sallie Zetterower Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Sallie Zetterower Elementary School records that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% White, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Bulloch County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sallie Zetterower Elementary School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bulloch County (around 87%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sallie Zetterower Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.3%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bulloch County put the typical household earns roughly $58,810 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sallie Zetterower Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Bulloch County (combined enrollment of about 11,194 students).

The closest other public school is Statesboro High School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sallie Zetterower Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 712 students in 2018 compared to 689 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 37% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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