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Enrollment
974
Elementary
DISTRICT 808 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALDOSTA CITY·NCES 130531001730
W.G. Nunn Elementary
1610 Lakeland Ave, Valdosta, GA 31602 · (229) 333-8515 · Lowndes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL974 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
14.0:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
950 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 63 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 151 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 165 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 152 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (163) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
15.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.5pp since 2021
Math
18.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 22.8% |
| 2022-23 | 13.3% | 18.1% |
| 2021-22 | 8.8% | 18.8% |
% 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
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 W.G. Nunn Elementary
W.G. Nunn Elementary's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W.G. Nunn Elementary this school | 974 | 97.5% | 19.0% |
| Live Oak Elementary Covington | 936 | 100.0% | 16.4% |
| Flat Rock Elementary School Lithonia | 977 | 100.0% | 16.5% |
| Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy Hampton | 1,048 | 100.0% | 25.3% |
| Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology Atlanta | 844 | 100.0% | 30.6% |
| Woodson Park Academy School Atlanta | 842 | 100.0% | 15.7% |
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 W.G. Nunn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Lowndes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #1,073 of 1,208 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #1,100 of 1,215 ▼ 117 | #12 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,124 of 1,215 ▼ 85 | #11 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #536 of 1,183 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 974 | #98 of 1,324 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #826 of 1,301 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.3% | #1,130 of 1,301 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #489 of 1,312 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #514 of 854 | #2 of 11 |
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
974
+42 (+5%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 974 | 69.7 | 14.0:1 | 98% (950) |
| 2023-24 | 940 | 70.2 | 13.4:1 | 100% (940) |
| 2022-23 | 901 | 73.2 | 12.3:1 | 93% (836) |
| 2020-21 | 932 | 72 | 12.9:1 | 95% (882) |
| 2017-18 | 1,087 | 70.6 | 15.4:1 | 100% (1,087) |
| 2015-16 | 1,131 | 72 | 15.7:1 | 100% (1,128) |
| 2010-11 | 1,196 | 71 | 16.9:1 | 81% (968) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 77% (556) |
| 1990-91 | 886 | 47 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W.G. Nunn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,087 to 974); teachers down 1% (70.6 to 69.7).
About W.G. Nunn Elementary
W.G. Nunn Elementary, located in Valdosta, Georgia, is a large elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 974 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 61% larger than average.
Valdosta City enrolls 8,247 students in 8 schools, including W.G. Nunn Elementary.
The student body at W.G. Nunn Elementary is 86% Black. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lowndes County residents are about 37% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 69.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Eligible students account for 98% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Lowndes County, the average is 80%.
The allk12 Grade for W.G. Nunn Elementary is D. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
W.G. Nunn Elementary scores 19.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 26.9%.
Lowndes County has these Census figures: the median household income is $58,541, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Lowndes County is home to 20 public schools and about 19,812 public school students.
Newbern Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of W.G. Nunn Elementary. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, W.G. Nunn Elementary is 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment at W.G. Nunn Elementary climbed 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 932 to 974 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.9:1 to 14.0:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at W.G. Nunn Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
119,965
Census ACS
Median income
$58,541
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
19,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Valdosta City
- Valdosta High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Sallas Mahone ElementaryElementary · 1,045 students
- Valdosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- S.L. Mason Elementary SchoolElementary · 881 students
- Newbern Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- J. L. Lomax Elementary SchoolElementary · 576 students
Other schools in Valdosta
- Lowndes High SchoolHigh · 3,152 students
- Valdosta High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Sallas Mahone ElementaryElementary · 1,045 students
- Valdosta Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,024 students
- Scintilla Charter AcademyCombined · 947 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Newbern Middle School0.9 mi · 725
- Scintilla Charter Academy1.2 mi · 947
- Valdosta Middle School1.7 mi · 1,024
- Valdosta High School1.9 mi · 2,457
- Dewar Elementary2.1 mi · 821
- Pinevale Elementary School2.4 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About W.G. Nunn ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at W.G. Nunn Elementary?
W.G. Nunn Elementary enrolls approximately 974 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does W.G. Nunn Elementary serve?
W.G. Nunn Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does W.G. Nunn Elementary have?
W.G. Nunn Elementary employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is W.G. Nunn Elementary?
W.G. Nunn Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 6% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is W.G. Nunn Elementary public or private?
W.G. Nunn Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Valdosta City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.