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Alumni: what's one memory from South Effingham High School that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
English Language Arts
N/A
State avg 40.1%
District avg 50.4%
County avg 50.4%
District avg 50.4%
County avg 50.4%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Georgia schools by score · Effingham County schools by score
Georgia Milestones, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient or Distinguished.Mathematics
72.7%
State avg 44.6%
District avg 61.7%
County avg 61.7%
+24.4pp since 2021-22
District avg 61.7%
County avg 61.7%
+24.4pp since 2021-22
Science
44.3%
State avg 40.6%
District avg 50.0%
County avg 50.0%
-34.5pp since 2021-22
District avg 50.0%
County avg 50.0%
-34.5pp since 2021-22
Social Studies
N/A
State avg 39.3%
District avg 62.2%
County avg 62.2%
District avg 62.2%
County avg 62.2%
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level and about 44 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 45 and 41. Math scores are up about 24 points since 2021, while science scores are down about 35 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade HS | N/A | N/A | N/A | 72.7% | 49.1% | 290 | 44.3% | 46.2% | 235 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
4-year history
All grades, all students. South Effingham Georgia avgMathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 72.7% | 61.7% | 61.7% | 44.6% |
| SY 2023-24 | 61.3% | 59.9% | 59.9% | 42.9% |
| SY 2022-23 | 38.2% | 52.7% | 52.7% | 39.0% |
| SY 2021-22 | 48.3% | 52.3% | 52.3% | 38.2% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 44.3% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 40.6% |
| SY 2023-24 | 36.8% | 48.3% | 48.3% | 38.9% |
| SY 2022-23 | 43.0% | 46.2% | 46.2% | 38.5% |
| SY 2021-22 | 78.8% | 57.5% | 57.5% | 39.3% |
Recent discussions
From the South Effingham High School community.How to read these scores
What is Georgia Milestones?
Georgia public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take the Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade (EOG) tests in English Language Arts, Math, Science (grades 5/8), and Social Studies (grade 8). High school students take End-of-Course (EOC) Milestones in American Literature, Algebra, Biology, and US History.
What does "% Proficient or Distinguished" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at "Proficient Learner" or "Distinguished Learner" on Georgia Milestones (top 2 of 4 performance levels: Beginning, Developing, Proficient, Distinguished). Proficient and above means the student is performing at or beyond grade level. A higher number is better.
How should I read a single score?
Each percent represents the share of tested students who performed at grade level or above. Compare the school number against the state, district, and county averages on this page to see whether it is above or below typical.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Georgia, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Georgia Department of Education + Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA), Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) End-of-Grade (grades 3-8) and End-of-Course (high school) assessments. School-level results from the GOSA Downloadable Data Repository. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient or Distinguished Learner" rate (top 2 of 4 Milestones performance levels).
How often is it updated?
Georgia Milestones is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.