Greer Elementary School, Brunswick GA

Original Research by School Decision on Greer Elementary School

Greer Elementary School serves students from pre-K through fifth grade in Brunswick, Georgia, within the Glynn County school district. The school enrolls a mixed-composition student body with a majority identifying as white, substantial shares identifying as Black and Hispanic, and smaller numbers from other backgrounds. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the neighborhoods the school serves.

On Georgia's state assessments administered in the most recent school year, Greer's results show proficiency concentrated in upper elementary and unevenly distributed across subjects. In third grade, about half the students met proficiency standards in both English language arts and math. By fourth grade, math proficiency held steady at roughly the same level while ELA remained near fifty percent. Fifth grade shows the stronger performance: proficiency in math rises noticeably, reaching near seventy percent, while ELA reaches above sixty percent. In fifth-grade science, proficiency sits in the upper range at around sixty percent. The pattern across grades suggests that Greer's students tend to gain ground as they move through elementary school, with the oldest tested grades performing better than the youngest. Math proficiency overall across the tested grades sits a bit above ELA. This is the school's first year with state testing data in the current format, so no trend over time is available.

The school occupies a standard elementary footprint with roughly equal cohorts across its grade bands. Greer is located in the Exit 38 area of Glynn County along Harry Driggers Boulevard, a zone experiencing active new residential development with subdivisions like Covington Pointe, McKenzie Gardens, and Majestic Oaks attracting families moving into the area. The neighborhood is auto-oriented and still under construction in many blocks, in contrast to the walkable historic downtown Brunswick, which sits some distance away.

The district context matters. In November 2024, Glynn County voters approved ESPLOST V, a continuation of the local education sales tax projected to fund school facility improvements, technology, and safety through the remainder of the decade. This provides predictability for capital investments in buildings and infrastructure. Beginning the 2025-2026 school year, Glynn County Schools implemented a bell-to-bell ban on personal electronic devices for all K-12 students, going beyond the state mandate and restricting phones, smartwatches, tablets, and earbuds during class, hallways, and recess. For families, this means limited ability to reach their children during the school day. The district also did not opt out of Georgia's new floating homestead exemption, which caps annual property tax increases on homesteaded homes to the inflation rate, a decision that affects what families will pay on mortgages in the area over time.

Housing in the zipcode is moderately priced relative to national benchmarks, with home values and rental rates both experiencing modest recent declines. A parent considering Greer should understand that the school's current proficiency levels show room for growth, particularly in the younger grades, where fewer than sixty percent of students met state standards. The school serves families in a developing suburban area with active home construction and demographic growth, distinct from the older, denser neighborhoods closer to downtown.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 46% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 50% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 45% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 34% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 40% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 561%

School 61% · District 42% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Science

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 45% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-893%

School 93% · district not reported

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

This schoolGlynn 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-income41%Higher-income67%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income36%Higher-income68%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income73%Higher-income80%7 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income49%Higher-income72%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income45%Higher-income67%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income54%Higher-income88%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income86%26 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income53%Higher-income81%28 pp gap