Pinevale Elementary School, Valdosta GA

Original Research by School Decision on Pinevale Elementary School

Pinevale Elementary serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Valdosta, a mixed-use small city and regional retail hub in south Georgia. The school enrolls a small population with a highly concentrated student body: substantially all students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment is predominantly Black, with smaller populations of Hispanic and white students. These demographics reflect the neighborhood the school serves.

Academic performance across Pinevale shows low proficiency rates across the tested grades and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency ranges across the grade band from low to moderate levels. In mathematics, proficiency is similarly low to moderate across third, fourth, and fifth grade. Science proficiency in fifth grade is in the low to moderate range. Social studies data from an older assessment (2014) showed stronger proficiency, but current proficiency-based testing does not report social studies, so no direct comparison is available. The school's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint among districts in Lowndes County.

The state assessment results available do not span multiple years, so trend information is not present in the current data. Graduation rate data is not applicable, as the school serves only elementary grades.

Pinevale is located in Valdosta's residential area away from the downtown core. Valdosta itself is experiencing active growth and redevelopment, with ongoing housing development, new mixed-use downtown investment, major industrial projects, and infrastructure expansion including a South Georgia Medical Center campus expansion and flood recovery from Hurricane Helene. The city's housing market shows moderate home values relative to state and national benchmarks, with rents rising modestly and mortgage costs in the regional range. Employment is diverse, anchored by Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta State University, healthcare, education, and distribution and manufacturing sectors.

The Valdosta City Schools district, which operates Pinevale, recently discontinued its Valdosta Early College Academy program as of June 2026, consolidating advanced and accelerated options (STEM, honors, AP, dual enrollment, and the International Baccalaureate Programme) into home campuses and virtual offerings. The district approved a sales tax referendum in 2023 that funds capital projects including school replacement and construction, building repairs, technology, and equipment. A parent considering Pinevale may want to look further into the school's specific instructional approaches and supports, given the low current proficiency results, and into what elementary-focused acceleration or enrichment options remain available through the district's home-campus model.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 323%

School 23% · District 23%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 413%

School 13% · District 26% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 46 pts below county median

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 23% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 310%

School 10% · District 16% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 415%

School 15% · District 18% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 522%

School 22% · District 26% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 27% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-875%

School 75% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

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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.