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Folkston Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4
Summary

Folkston Elementary School is a public elementary school in Folkston, Georgia, serving grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 559 students. The school is part of the Charlton County School District, which is ranked 26th out of 206 districts in Georgia and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Folkston Elementary has shown a mixed performance on the Georgia Milestones Assessment, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics that generally lag behind the Charlton County and state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd-grade ELA proficiency rate was 39.5%, compared to 49.5% for Charlton County and 34.9% for the state. However, the school's 4th-grade Math proficiency rate was 84.9%, higher than the county (84.4%) and state (49%) averages. Compared to the nearby Kingsland Elementary School in Camden County, Folkston Elementary generally performs worse on the Milestones Assessment.

Folkston Elementary has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 75.49% to 75.69% in recent years, suggesting a relatively high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. In contrast, Kingsland Elementary School has a lower free/reduced-price lunch rate of 63.86% for the 2023-2024 school year. Despite these challenges, Folkston Elementary School has shown a steady improvement in its statewide ranking, moving from the bottom third of Georgia elementary schools in the late 2000s and early 2010s to the top 20% in the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.

545
Students ?
13.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,639
Per pupil spending ?
92.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 34754 Okefenokee Dr
       Folkston, GA  31537

(912) 496-7369

District: Charlton County


Students who attend Folkston Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Bethune Middle School
High:    Charlton County High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
54.1%
African American:
30.8%
Two or more races:
9.5%
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Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.
At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2009 → 84th in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Georgia average (80% vs 49% meeting standards)
✓Ranking is trending up — up 67 percentile points since 2009
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school80%
District avg78%
Georgia avg49%
Not ranked this year
Folkston Elementary School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
41st of 201Charlton County among Georgia districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
202583.4197 of 123884.1%★★★★☆
202486.5171 of 123686.2%★★★★☆
201632.2837 of 123332.1%★★☆☆☆
201559.8433 of 124065.1%★★★☆☆
201455.0667 of 123145.8%★★☆☆☆
201351.0733 of 122540.2%★★☆☆☆
201240.5848 of 120129.4%★☆☆☆☆
201143.0810 of 121233.2%★★☆☆☆
201021.31026 of 118313.3%★☆☆☆☆
200926.3938 of 113317.2%★☆☆☆☆
200829.0903 of 113420.4%★☆☆☆☆
200740.0768 of 112531.7%★★☆☆☆
200638.1783 of 110128.9%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
202581.2125 of 89286.0%★★★★☆
202486.385 of 87990.3%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
202578.6238 of 122480.6%★★★★☆
202486.0161 of 122386.8%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
202585.2167 of 122586.4%★★★★☆
202485.3170 of 122086.1%★★★★☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
202494.418 of 48796.3%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
202569.1224 of 76970.9%★★★★☆
202477.3162 of 77279.0%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2024)96th percentile+10 vs school
Male (2025)86th percentile~ school
African American (2025)86th percentile~ school
Female (2025)81st percentile-4 vs school
White (2025)71st percentile-13 vs school

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In the 2024-25 school year, 545 students attended Folkston Elementary School.

Students who attend Folkston Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bethune Middle School
High : Charlton County High School

Students at Folkston Elementary School are 54% White, 31% African American, 10% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

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Latest Georgia data All new data »
2025–26 attendance dataNewAug 6, 2026
2025–26 Milestones Assessment scoresNewAug 6, 2026
2021–22 through 2024–25 Milestones Assessment scores (updated)NewAug 6, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesFeb 19, 2026


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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