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Turner Woods Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Turner Woods Elementary School
Located at 144 Willie L Fluellen Dr, in Gray, Georgia, Turner Woods Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 590 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Jones County.
Within Jones County, which oversees 7 schools and 5,004 students, Turner Woods Elementary School is one campus in the system.
On demographics, Turner Woods Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder is composed of 15% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Turner Woods Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.2%; this one delivers 56.2%.
In the broader community, Jones County reports that median household income runs about $75,500, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Jones County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,004 students), of which Turner Woods Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Gray Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Turner Woods Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 38.9%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Turner Woods Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 590). Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for Turner Woods Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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