Woodbine Elementary School, Woodbine GA

Original Research by School Decision on Woodbine Elementary School

Woodbine Elementary School serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in a small rural town on the south bank of the Satilla River. The enrollment is small, with about one student body spread across seven grade levels. A substantial majority of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic character of the area. The student body is predominantly white, with a smaller Black population and smaller multiracial and Hispanic shares.

The school's recent academic results show a clear dividing line between math and language arts. In mathematics, students achieve solid proficiency rates that strengthen with grade level, reaching strong performance by fifth grade. Science proficiency at fifth grade is notably strong. Reading and writing, by contrast, are a substantial area of need. Third-grade English language arts proficiency sits well below the levels the school achieves in math or science, and while proficiency climbs in the upper elementary grades, it remains visibly lower than the school's performance in quantitative subjects. A parent may want to look into what literacy support the school is providing and whether the gap between language arts and other subjects is being addressed.

Woodbine Elementary is located in Camden County, a coastal rural county where Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is the dominant regional employer. The town itself has been shrinking in recent years, though the broader county and the commercial hub of Kingsland are growing. The historic downtown centers on the county courthouse and the Satilla River Riverwalk, which is part of the East Coast Greenway trail system. Older students attend middle and high school in Kingsland, about 15 miles away, rather than within Woodbine itself.

Housing in the zip code area is modestly valued relative to state and national benchmarks, and the local housing market is stable. A substantial portion of the city sits in a storm-surge risk zone, a chronic flooding concern reflected in the city's recent comprehensive planning. The town emphasizes riverfront recreation, outdoor amenities, and eco-tourism rather than rapid residential growth.

The Camden County School District approved a continued sales-tax measure in 2022 to fund school capital projects including buildings, buses, and technology without raising property taxes. The district recently moved to a new student information system, so families now use Infinite Campus rather than PowerSchool to access attendance, grades, and scheduling information.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 61% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 71% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median

Grade 578%

School 78% · District 60% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 47% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 59% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 63% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 34 pts above state median

Science

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 67% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median

Social studies

Grades 3-887%

School 87% · district not reported

▲ 4 pts above state median

This schoolCamden County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income28%Higher-income73%45 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income39%Higher-income68%29 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income77%Higher-income93%16 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income50%Higher-income76%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income82%32 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income54%Higher-income91%37 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income49%Higher-income79%30 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income51%Higher-income85%34 pp gap