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Enrollment
765
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY COUNTY·NCES 130330000436
Taylors Creek Elementary School
378 Airport Rd, Hinesville, GA 31313 · (912) 369-0378 · Liberty County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
15.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
678 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 153 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 150 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 51% larger than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
43.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.8pp since 2021
Math
63.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +25.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 46.8% | 62.3% |
| 2022-23 | 36.7% | 46.8% |
| 2021-22 | 38.4% | 37.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Taylors Creek Elementary School
Taylors Creek Elementary School's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylors Creek Elementary School this school | 765 | 88.6% | 52.1% |
| Eagle Springs Elementary Byron | 665 | 92.0% | 49.6% |
| Callaway Elementary School LaGrange | 638 | 95.0% | 26.6% |
| Franklin Forest Elementary Lagrange | 690 | 96.2% | 33.4% |
| Waldo Pafford Elementary School Hinesville | 741 | 83.1% | 33.1% |
| Centerville Elementary School Centerville | 679 | 98.7% | 43.2% |
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 Taylors Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Liberty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #307 of 1,208 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #209 of 1,215 ▲ 9 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #391 of 1,215 ▼ 15 | #1 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.3pp | #29 of 1,183 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #277 of 1,324 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,152 of 1,301 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #185 of 1,301 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #597 of 1,312 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #132 of 386 | N/A |
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
765
+76 (+11%) vs 2020
+17% since 2000-01, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 765 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 89% (678) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 72% (497) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 48.8 | 12.8:1 | 70% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 689 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 62% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 45.2 | 14.7:1 | 61% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 66% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 42 | 16.0:1 | 59% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 656 | 31 | 21.2:1 | 53% (347) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylors Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (666 to 765); teachers up 11% (45.2 to 50).
About Taylors Creek Elementary School
Taylors Creek Elementary School is an elementary school in Hinesville, Georgia, reachable at (912) 369-0378. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 765 students. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students, which makes this school 26% bigger than average.
Liberty County, which runs Taylors Creek Elementary School, has 12 schools and 10,925 students.
At Taylors Creek Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 47%. Other groups make up 24% White, 17% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at Taylors Creek Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 15.3:1 is based on 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. In all, 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Liberty County average a similar 89%.
On the allk12 Grade, Taylors Creek Elementary School lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Taylors Creek Elementary School does better than predicted by 20.6 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.1%; the prediction is 31.6%.
The county, Liberty County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $60,456 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Taylors Creek Elementary School, Liberty County has 12 public schools.
Taylors Creek Elementary School's nearest public school is Waldo Pafford Elementary School (about 0.8 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Taylors Creek Elementary School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Taylors Creek Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment rose 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Liberty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,397
Census ACS
Median income
$60,456
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
10,925 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberty County
- Bradwell InstituteHigh · 1,900 students
- Liberty County High SchoolHigh · 1,192 students
- Button Gwinnett Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,162 students
- Snelson-Golden Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Lewis Frasier Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Midway Middle SchoolMiddle · 750 students
Other schools in Hinesville
- Bradwell InstituteHigh · 1,900 students
- Liberty County High SchoolHigh · 1,192 students
- Button Gwinnett Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,162 students
- Snelson-Golden Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Lewis Frasier Middle SchoolMiddle · 828 students
- Waldo Pafford Elementary SchoolElementary · 741 students
Nearby schools
- Waldo Pafford Elementary School0.8 mi · 741
- Lyman Hall Elementary School2.3 mi · 588
- Lewis Frasier Middle School2.9 mi · 828
- Frank Long Elementary School3.1 mi · 685
- Bradwell Institute3.8 mi · 1,900
- Button Gwinnett Elementary School4.4 mi · 1,162
Frequently asked questions
About Taylors Creek Elementary SchoolHow large is Taylors Creek Elementary School?
Taylors Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 765 students in grades KG-05.
Is Taylors Creek Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Taylors Creek Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Taylors Creek Elementary School have?
Taylors Creek Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Taylors Creek Elementary School?
At Taylors Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 17% Hispanic, 47% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Taylors Creek Elementary School public or private?
Taylors Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Liberty County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.