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Folkston Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-4
197th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,238 Georgia Elementary Schools
Better than 84% of Georgia elementary schools
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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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2009 → 84th in 2025
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Georgia average (62% vs 42% meeting standards)
✓Ranks in the top 16% of Georgia elementary schools
✓Ranking is trending up — up 67 percentile points since 2009
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school62%
District avg66%
Georgia avg42%
197th of 1,238
Georgia public elementary schools ?
Top 16%▲ up 19 pts since 2015
From top 35% (2015) to top 16% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Elementary Schools in the Charlton County
26th of 206Charlton 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%★★★★☆
202486.5170 of 124886.4%★★★★☆
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%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Georgia (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics72%+26 vs state
English Language Arts51%+14 vs state

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

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

Middle : Bethune Middle School
High : Charlton County High School

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

Folkston Elementary School ranks 197th of 1238 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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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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