Sterling Elementary School

Sterling Elementary School operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in Brunswick, Georgia, run under Glynn County. Current enrollment sits at 767 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 605.

Sterling Elementary School is one of 17 schools operated by Glynn County, a district that serves 12,750 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sterling Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 27% Black, 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Glynn County's rate of about 79%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sterling Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 36.8%, a residual of +11.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Glynn County put the typical household earns roughly $69,799 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Glynn County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,911 students), Sterling Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Jane Macon Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sterling Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 836 students in 2018 compared to 767 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 52% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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