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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387001435
St. Marys Video and Communication Technology
4408 Saint Marys Rd, Columbus, GA 31907 · (706)683-8841 · Muscogee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
418 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2023-24 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
17.3%
GA avg 41.8% . +5.5pp since 2021
Math
11.1%
GA avg 42.9% . +2.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 42 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 17.3% | 11.1% |
| 2022-23 | 15.3% | 11.3% |
| 2021-22 | 11.8% | 9.0% |
% 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
14.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 →
Where St. Marys Video and Communication Technology ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #1,158 of 1,208 | #24 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,189 of 1,215 ▼ 4 | #25 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #1,077 of 1,215 ▲ 51 | #19 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #1,058 of 1,324 | #17 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #1,296 of 1,301 | #32 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #1,138 of 1,301 | #32 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #322 of 1,312 | #11 of 33 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
418
+63 (+18%) vs 2017
0% since 1990-91, when it was 420
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 14.8:1
% White
1%
was 3%
% Hispanic
6%
was 2%
% Black
86%
was 92%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 418 | 23 | 18.2:1 | 100% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 97% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 26 | 18.7:1 | 97% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 24 | 14.8:1 | 94% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 99% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 88% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 21 | 21.4:1 | 73% (328) |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for St. Marys Video and Communication Technology.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (355 to 418); teachers down 4% (24 to 23).
About St. Marys Video and Communication Technology
St. Marys Video and Communication Technology is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Columbus, Georgia. The school enrolls 418 students in kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
St. Marys Video and Communication Technology is one school in a 54-school district, Muscogee County, which enrolls 30,091 students.
By race and ethnicity, St. Marys Video and Communication Technology is 86% Black. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Muscogee County as a whole is about 47% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 25, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. The school has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 19.6:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. Federal data show 100% of students (418) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Muscogee County averages 86%, lower than here.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, St. Marys Video and Communication Technology's results are 11.4 points below predicted: 14.3% against 25.7%.
In Muscogee County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $58,073, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 57 public schools in the county, enrolling about 30,110, St. Marys Video and Communication Technology among them.
Dawson Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. St. Marys Video and Communication Technology's average proficiency of 14.3% compares with 12.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies St. Marys Video and Communication Technology's location as City: Mid-size.
The school's enrollment increased 18% from 2017-18 to 2023-24. By 2023-24, 86% of students were Black, compared with 92% in 2017-18. Students per teacher increased from 14.8 in 2017-18 to 18.2 in 2023-24.
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Muscogee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,711
Census ACS
Median income
$58,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
30,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muscogee County
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Hardaway High SchoolHigh · 1,067 students
- Jordan Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,040 students
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
Other schools in Columbus
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Hardaway High SchoolHigh · 1,067 students
- Jordan Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,040 students
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
Nearby schools
- Dawson Elementary School0.8 mi · 311
- Dimon Elementary0.8 mi · 358
- Mary A Buckner Academy0.9 mi · 789
- Spencer High School1.3 mi · 1,016
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School1.7 mi · 487
- Lonnie Jackson Academy1.7 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About St. Marys Video and Communication TechnologyHow large is St. Marys Video and Communication Technology?
St. Marys Video and Communication Technology enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does St. Marys Video and Communication Technology serve?
St. Marys Video and Communication Technology serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at St. Marys Video and Communication Technology?
The student-to-teacher ratio at St. Marys Video and Communication Technology is approximately 19.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at St. Marys Video and Communication Technology?
Student demographics at St. Marys Video and Communication Technology are roughly 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is St. Marys Video and Communication Technology in?
St. Marys Video and Communication Technology is part of Muscogee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.