Best Public Schools in Zip Code 31555

Summary:

The 31555 zip code is home to a single standout public elementary school, Odum Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and has 428 students. Odum Elementary is part of the Wayne County School District, which is ranked 93 out of 206 districts in Georgia and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Odum Elementary School is a high-performing institution, consistently outperforming the Wayne County and Georgia averages on the Milestones Assessment in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science for grades 3-5. In the 2024-2025 school year, Odum's proficiency rates ranged from 45.9% to 74.3% across different subject areas and grade levels, compared to 30.9% to 47.6% for Wayne County and 34.9% to 49% for Georgia. The school's strong academic performance is further evidenced by its 4-star rating from SchoolDigger in the 2024-2025 school year and a 5-star rating in the 2023-2024 school year.

Odum Elementary School is well-resourced, with a per-student spending of $9,388 in the 2018-2019 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 14:1 for the 2023-2024 school year. Despite the fact that 50.47% of its students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students, the school has been able to maintain its high level of academic excellence over time.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Milestones Assessment English Language Arts (2025)			Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2025)			Milestones Assessment Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
Odum Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Blue Jay Drive	Odum	31555	Wayne County	Wayne County	No	No	No	Yes	(912) 586-2225	441	30	14.9	73.5%	385 (87.3%)	4 (0.9%)	29 (6.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	82.9	203^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	83.6%		94.6	71^st of 1248 public elementary schools	94.3%	132	45.9	58.3	50.7	74.3	71.7	59.2	57.7	$13,112	$1,188	$11,924

Cities Near Zip Code 31555

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Odum	1.04 mi	1	32^nd
Jesup	6.61 mi	6	205^th
Screven	12.41 mi	1	240^th
Surrency	13.77 mi	1	151^st
Ludowici	16.28 mi	5	207^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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