NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Brunswick, GA

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16 public K-12 schools in Brunswick from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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16
Schools
12,963
Students
37.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Brunswick has more public-school enrollment than 86% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Brunswick sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of Brunswick's 16 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 21-point gap between Coastal Plains Charter High School and Brunswick High School shows the range hidden by Brunswick's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 14%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
34th percentile
Teacher staffing
68th percentile

Brunswick High School accounts for 15.1% of all Brunswick public-school enrollment

That concentration means Brunswick-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brunswick school enrollment varies 85× across entities

Brunswick school enrollment ranges from 23 students (lowest) to 1,951 students (highest), a spread of 1,928 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brunswick reports 56.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Brunswick student-teacher ratio is 13.9:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Coastal Plains Charter High School 47
2. Risley Middle School 45
3. Glynn Middle 42
4. Satilla Marsh Elementary School 41
5. Needwood Middle School 41
6. Greer Elementary School 38
7. Jane Macon Middle 37
8. Golden Isles Elementary School 37
9. Burroughs-Molette Elementary School 37
10. Morningstar Treatment Services- Inc. Youth Estate 37
11. Altama Elementary School 36
12. Goodyear Elementary School 36
13. Sterling Elementary School 35
14. Glyndale Elementary School 32
15. Glynn Academy 31
16. Brunswick High School 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Brunswick

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Glyndale Elementary School 71.3/100
  2. 2 Needwood Middle School 71.0/100
  3. 3 Golden Isles Elementary School 69.8/100
  4. 4 Jane Macon Middle 69.0/100
  5. 5 Sterling Elementary School 68.6/100

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Which Brunswick school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Coastal Plains Charter High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Brunswick schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Brunswick, GA? ▼

Brunswick has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,963 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.