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Enrollment
592
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000486
Suder Elementary School
1400 Lake Jodeco Rd, Jonesboro, GA 30236 · (770) 473-2820 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL592 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
592 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 50 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
20.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.3pp since 2021
Math
22.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +15.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 16 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 22.3% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 14.9% | 17.8% |
| 2021-22 | 15.7% | 6.6% |
% 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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 →
Schools most like Suder Elementary School
Suder Elementary School's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suder Elementary School this school | 592 | 100.0% | 20.3% |
| Mount Zion Primary Jonesboro | 620 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Pine Ridge Elementary School Stone Mountain | 551 | 100.0% | 16.4% |
| Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary East Point | 587 | 100.0% | 26.0% |
| Burroughs-Molette Elementary School Brunswick | 546 | 100.0% | 22.5% |
| Swint Elementary School Jonesboro | 544 | 100.0% | 24.2% |
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 Suder Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #1,042 of 1,208 | #24 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #1,019 of 1,215 ▲ 19 | #21 of 37 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,012 of 1,215 ▲ 44 | #20 of 37 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #135 of 1,183 | #9 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 592 | #617 of 1,324 | #20 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #662 of 1,301 | #14 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #889 of 1,301 | #21 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #89 of 1,312 | #14 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #522 of 854 | #32 of 34 |
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
592
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 789
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 592 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 100% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 99% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 90% (571) |
| 2020-21 | 584 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 93% (543) |
| 2017-18 | 659 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 100% (656) |
| 2015-16 | 719 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 100% (716) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 80% (530) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 44% (340) |
| 1990-91 | 789 | 47 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Suder Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (659 to 592); teachers down 8% (48 to 44).
About Suder Elementary School
Suder Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Jonesboro, Georgia, under Clayton County. A total of 592 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Clayton County counts 51,326 students in its 68 schools, and Suder Elementary School is one of them.
Black students account for 72% of enrollment at Suder Elementary School. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, about 69% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Suder Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
Teachers at Suder Elementary School total 44 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.4:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. The school counts 592 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%.
allk12 grades Suder Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Suder Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 20.3% actual against 25.7% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Clayton County, median household income is about $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Suder Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County, which together enroll about 63,156 students.
The closest public school, Jonesboro Middle School, is about 0.4 miles from Suder Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Suder Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 592, starting from 584. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Jonesboro
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- Mount Zion High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Jonesboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- M. D. Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forHigh · 887 students
Nearby schools
- Jonesboro Middle School0.4 mi · 895
- Arnold Elementary School0.6 mi · 454
- Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts0.9 mi · 518
- Lee Street Elementary School0.9 mi · 515
- M. D. Roberts Middle School1.0 mi · 894
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for1.0 mi · 887
Frequently asked questions
About Suder Elementary SchoolHow large is Suder Elementary School?
Suder Elementary School enrolls approximately 592 students in grades PK-05.
Is Suder Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Suder Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Suder Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Suder Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Suder Elementary School?
At Suder Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 21% Hispanic, 72% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Suder Elementary School public or private?
Suder Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.