Best Public Schools in Zip Code 31560

Summary:

The 31560 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Screven Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with 209 students. The school is part of the Wayne County school district, which is ranked 93 out of 203 districts in Georgia and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Screven Elementary School's performance has declined in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 376 out of 1,244 Georgia elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 720 out of 1,248 in 2023-2024, and its star rating decreasing from 3 to 2 over that time. The school's proficiency rates on the Milestones Assessment are generally lower than the Wayne County and Georgia state averages across English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science for grades 3-5. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch at 75.6% in the 2022-2023 school year.

Despite having a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11:1 in the 2022-2023 school year, Screven Elementary School's spending per student was $11,648 in the 2018-2019 school year, which is lower than the national average. These factors suggest that the school is facing significant challenges in terms of academic performance and student outcomes, and further investigation would be needed to understand the root causes and identify potential areas for improvement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2024)			Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2024)			Milestones Assessment Science (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Screven Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	414 School St	Screven	31560	Wayne County	Wayne County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 579-2261	209	19	11.0	75.6%	172 (82.3%)	14 (6.7%)	19 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	38.4	720^th of 1248 public elementary schools	42.3%		57.1	486^th of 1242 public elementary schools	60.9%	234	36.7	27.3	31.3	46.7	39.4	31.3	28.1	$11,648	$678	$10,970

Cities Near Zip Code 31560

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Screven	0.17 mi	1	139^th
Patterson	10.39 mi	1	13^th
Jesup	10.78 mi	6	218^th
Odum	12.8 mi	1	31^st
Surrency	14.97 mi	1	39^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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