NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Saint Marys, GA

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

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5
Schools
3,442
Students
40.8/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Saint Marys has more public-school enrollment than 35% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Saint Marys's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Saint Marys's 5 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 3-point gap between Saint Marys Middle School and Crooked River Elementary School shows the range hidden by Saint Marys'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 65%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
49th percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Saint Marys Middle School accounts for 31.3% of all Saint Marys public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Saint Marys-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. 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

Saint Marys school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities

Saint Marys school enrollment ranges from 480 students (lowest) to 1,077 students (highest), a spread of 597 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

Saint Marys operates one school district — a single-district system

Saint Marys's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Saint Marys student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — 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 Saint Marys is typically wider than the Saint Marys-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Saint Marys Middle School 42
2. Saint Marys Elementary School 42
3. Sugarmill Elementary 41
4. Mary Lee Clark Elementary School 40
5. Crooked River Elementary School 39

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Saint Marys

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 Crooked River Elementary School 64.5/100
  2. 2 Mary Lee Clark Elementary School 62.6/100
  3. 3 Saint Marys Middle School 61.1/100
  4. 4 Sugarmill Elementary 60.9/100
  5. 5 Saint Marys Elementary School 57.4/100

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Which Saint Marys school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Saint Marys Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Saint Marys schools in this federal-data comparison at 42/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Saint Marys, GA? ▼

Saint Marys has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,442 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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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.