NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Evans, GA

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

15
Schools
14,032
Students
43.9/100
Avg Resource Index
15.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Evans has more public-school enrollment than 87% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Evans 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

7 of Evans's 15 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 14-point gap between Lewiston Elementary School and Lakeside High School shows the range hidden by Evans'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 13%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
65th percentile
Teacher staffing
53rd percentile

Evans school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities

Evans school enrollment ranges from 498 students (lowest) to 1,935 students (highest), a spread of 1,437 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Evans student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Evans is typically wider than the Evans-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Evans

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 Lakeside Middle School 69.6/100
  2. 2 Blue Ridge Elementary School 67.9/100
  3. 3 Evans Elementary School 67.3/100
  4. 4 Evans High School 66.1/100
  5. 5 Sail Charter Academy - School for Arts-Infused Learning 65.5/100

What do families ask about schools in Evans?

Which Evans school has the highest Resource Investment Index?

Lewiston Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Evans schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Evans, GA?

Evans has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 14,032 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.1:1.

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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.