Stilson Elementary School

Stilson Elementary School is a tight-knit K-5 school in Brooklet, Georgia, part of Bulloch County. The school teaches 451 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

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

On demographics, Stilson Elementary School lists that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Bulloch County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 79% of students at Stilson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Stilson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.6%; this one delivers 40.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bulloch County) reports that median household earnings sit near $58,810, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Bulloch County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,194 students), of which Stilson Elementary School is one.

Southeast Bulloch High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Stilson Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Stilson Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 451). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 3% to 8% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.