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What's one thing Turner Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183000846
Turner Elementary School
2001 Leonard Ave, Albany, GA 31705 · (229) 431-3406 · Dougherty County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
412 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 39 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
17.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.5pp since 2021
Math
22.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.0pp 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 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 17.4% |
| 2022-23 | 9.1% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 9.5% | 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
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
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 Turner Elementary School
Turner Elementary School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Elementary School this school | 412 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Browns Mill Elementary School Lithonia | 411 | 100.0% | 15.8% |
| Barton Chapel Elementary School Augusta | 427 | 100.0% | 6.9% |
| Tobacco Road Elementary School Augusta | 411 | 100.0% | 15.5% |
| Georgetown Elementary School Columbus | 394 | 100.0% | 14.9% |
| Marbut Elementary School Lithonia | 427 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
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 Turner Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Dougherty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #1,059 of 1,208 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,025 of 1,215 ▲ 68 | #9 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,086 of 1,215 ▲ 69 | #9 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #125 of 1,183 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #1,071 of 1,324 | #9 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #214 of 1,301 | #2 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #1,159 of 1,301 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #200 of 1,312 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #359 of 854 | #5 of 10 |
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
412
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 412 | 35.4 | 11.6:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 35.4 | 13.2:1 | 100% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 32.5 | 13.9:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 100% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 35.5 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 99% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 471 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 77% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 398 | 26 | 15.3:1 | 89% (356) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 33 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turner Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (486 to 412); teachers unchanged (35.5 to 35.4).
About Turner Elementary School
Turner Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Albany, Georgia. It reported 412 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Dougherty County, which runs Turner Elementary School, has 22 schools and 13,241 students.
Turner Elementary School is 87% Black by enrollment. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. In Dougherty County overall, about 71% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
Based on 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Turner Elementary School has a ratio of 11.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Dougherty County average a similar 98%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Turner Elementary School is 5.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 19.8% actual, 25.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Dougherty County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $49,044 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Turner Elementary School shares Dougherty County with 21 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix, is about 0.6 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 24.6%; Turner Elementary School's is 19.8%, ranking 6th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 390 to 412, a 6% rise.
Turner Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Dougherty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,091
Census ACS
Median income
$49,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dougherty County
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Albany
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other Turner Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Turner Elementary. Turner Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 12.
- Turner ElementaryFresno, CA · 585 students
- Turner ElemKansas City, KS · 560 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolPASADENA, TX · 526 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolWILLIS, TX · 463 students
- Turner Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 461 students
Nearby schools
- South Georgia Regional Achievement Center- The Phoenix0.6 mi · 73
- Dougherty Comprehensive High School0.7 mi · 1,191
- Albany Middle School1.1 mi · 792
- Robert H Harvey Elementary School1.4 mi · 431
- International Studies Elementary Charter School1.5 mi · 470
- Morningside Elementary School2.6 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Turner Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Turner Elementary School?
Turner Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Turner Elementary School serve?
Turner Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Turner Elementary School have?
Turner Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Turner Elementary School?
Student demographics at Turner Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 7% Hispanic, 87% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Turner Elementary School public or private?
Turner Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dougherty County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.