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Enrollment
715
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042004245
Veterans Elementary School
4901 Faubus Ave, Macon, GA 31204 · (478) 779-4800 · Bibb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
527 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 32 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
7.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.5pp since 2021
Math
13.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.9% | 13.5% |
| 2023-24 | 12.7% | 13.1% |
| 2022-23 | 13.6% | 9.9% |
| 2021-22 | 12.4% | 10.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Veterans Elementary School
Veterans Elementary School's state test result (13.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterans Elementary School this school | 715 | 73.7% | 13.2% |
| Southfield Elementary School Macon | 630 | 73.7% | 15.6% |
| Birch Creek Elementary School McDonough | 745 | 74.4% | N/A |
| Walnut Creek Elementary McDonough | 712 | 74.7% | 21.9% |
| Fairview Elementary School Stockbridge | 590 | 75.8% | 25.9% |
| Chapel Hill Elementary School Douglasville | 620 | 69.2% | 32.5% |
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 Veterans Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #1,166 of 1,208 | #16 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #1,164 of 1,215 ▼ 5 | #18 of 21 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.9% | #1,204 of 1,215 ▼ 35 | #20 of 21 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #367 of 1,183 | #7 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 715 | #344 of 1,324 | #1 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #877 of 1,301 | #12 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #959 of 1,301 | #10 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #791 of 1,312 | #10 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #339 of 854 | #5 of 17 |
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
715
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 715 | 50.5 | 14.2:1 | 74% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 80% (567) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 53 | 13.2:1 | 100% (697) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 46 | 15.9:1 | 100% (733) |
| 2017-18 | 850 | 48.5 | 17.5:1 | 99% (843) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Veterans Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (850 to 715); teachers up 4% (48.5 to 50.5).
About Veterans Elementary School
Veterans Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in Macon, Georgia. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 715 students.
Bibb County has 21,334 students spread across 35 schools.
Black students are the majority at Veterans Elementary School, with 75% of enrollment. Other groups make up 18% Hispanic and 4% White. Bibb County as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 50.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.2:1. That is higher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 74%. Public schools in Bibb County average 61%.
Veterans Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 13.2%. Predicted: 39.3%. Difference: 26.0 points.
Across Bibb County, the median household income is $51,234, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bibb County is home to 41 public schools and about 23,725 public school students.
Union Elementary School is located about 1.7 miles from Veterans Elementary School. The five-mile area around Veterans Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 11.3%, lower than Veterans Elementary School's 13.2%.
In the federal locale system, Veterans Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 733 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 715. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.9:1 in 2020-21, and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Veterans Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bibb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,578
Census ACS
Median income
$51,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
23,725 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bibb County
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
Other schools in Macon
- Academy For Classical EducationCombined · 1,808 students
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Other Veterans Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Veterans Elementary. Veterans Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Veterans ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 1,002 students
- Veterans ElementaryEllicott City, MD · 883 students
- Veterans ElementaryChula Vista, CA · 832 students
- VETERANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWESLEY CHAPEL, FL · 638 students
- VETERANS ELEM.HANNIBAL, MO · 403 students
Nearby schools
- Union Elementary School1.7 mi · 475
- Weaver Middle School1.9 mi · 894
- Westside High School1.9 mi · 1,013
- John Robert Lewis Elementary School2.0 mi · 712
- Hartley Elementary School2.1 mi · 385
- Southwest High School2.5 mi · 860
Frequently asked questions
About Veterans Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Veterans Elementary School?
Veterans Elementary School enrolls approximately 715 students in grades PK-05.
Is Veterans Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Veterans Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Veterans Elementary School have?
Veterans Elementary School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Veterans Elementary School?
Veterans Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 18% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Veterans Elementary School public or private?
Veterans Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bibb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.