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Enrollment
881
Elementary
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EFFINGHAM COUNTY·NCES 130198001141
Sand Hill Elementary School
199 Stagecoach Ave, Guyton, GA 31312 · (912) 728-5112 · Effingham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL881 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
443 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 86 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
49.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.0pp since 2021
Math
66.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +17.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 66.4% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 66.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 53.3% |
| 2021-22 | 45.2% | 49.0% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Sand Hill Elementary School
Sand Hill Elementary School's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill Elementary School this school | 881 | 50.3% | 58.1% |
| Bowdon Elementary School Bowdon | 781 | 52.1% | 47.6% |
| Blackburn Elementary School Dawsonville | 779 | 55.1% | 51.1% |
| Ebenezer Elementary School Rincon | 995 | 49.1% | 58.0% |
| T.G. Scott Elementary School Forsyth | 835 | 47.3% | 58.6% |
| North Harlem Elementary School Harlem | 930 | 53.2% | 45.2% |
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 Sand Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Effingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #214 of 1,208 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #169 of 1,215 ▼ 4 | #4 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #285 of 1,215 ▼ 33 | #7 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.8pp | #107 of 1,183 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 881 | #154 of 1,324 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #478 of 1,301 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #933 of 1,301 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #1,035 of 1,312 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.8% | #26 of 386 | #1 of 7 |
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
881
+202 (+30%) vs 2020
+81% since 2000-01, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 881 | 68.6 | 12.8:1 | 50% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 941 | 69.6 | 13.5:1 | 54% (505) |
| 2022-23 | 891 | 59.8 | 14.9:1 | 46% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 679 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 52% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 49.5 | 12.7:1 | 54% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 58% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 56% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 50% (245) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sand Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (630 to 881); teachers up 39% (49.5 to 68.6).
About Sand Hill Elementary School
Sand Hill Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Guyton, Georgia. It enrolls 881 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 46% larger than the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Effingham County has a total of 13 schools and 14,560 students, Sand Hill Elementary School among them.
About 76% of the student body at Sand Hill Elementary School is White. Other students are 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. Effingham County residents are about 75% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 41, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 68.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 13.3:1. Roughly 50% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Effingham County average a similar 49%.
Sand Hill Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.1%, compared with a predicted 51.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Effingham County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $88,438 a year, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sand Hill Elementary School, Effingham County has 13 public schools.
The closest school to Sand Hill Elementary School is Marlow Elementary School, located about 2.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. On proficiency, Sand Hill Elementary School is ahead of the 54.6% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Sand Hill Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, Sand Hill Elementary School enrolled 679 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 881.
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Effingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
69,143
Census ACS
Median income
$88,438
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
14,560 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Effingham County
- Effingham County High SchoolHigh · 2,199 students
- South Effingham High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
- South Effingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,161 students
- Effingham County Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,150 students
- Ebenezer Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,039 students
- Rincon Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,033 students
Other schools in Guyton
- South Effingham High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
- South Effingham Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,161 students
- Effingham County Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,150 students
- South Effingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 863 students
- Guyton Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
- Marlow Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
Other Sand Hill Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sand Hill Elementary. Sand Hill Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Sand Hill Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 733 students
- Sand Hill ElementarySummerville, SC · 1,169 students
- Sand Hill ElementaryBelfair, WA · 537 students
- Sand Hill Elementary SchoolDallas, WV · 58 students
Nearby schools
- Marlow Elementary School2.7 mi · 670
- South Effingham Middle School4.3 mi · 1,161
- South Effingham High School4.5 mi · 1,906
- South Effingham Elementary School7.0 mi · 863
- Guyton Elementary School8.1 mi · 800
- Bloomingdale Elementary School8.7 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Sand Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Sand Hill Elementary School?
Sand Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 881 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sand Hill Elementary School serve?
Sand Hill Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sand Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Sand Hill Elementary School.
How diverse is Sand Hill Elementary School?
Sand Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sand Hill Elementary School in?
Sand Hill Elementary School is part of Effingham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.