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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTOW COUNTY·NCES 130033001078
Allatoona Elementary School
4150 New Hope Church Rd SE, Acworth, GA 30102 · (770) 606-5843 · Bartow County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
349 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +13.5pp since 2021
Math
46.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +16.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 48.6% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 31.9% |
| 2021-22 | 31.1% | 30.1% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allatoona Elementary School
Allatoona Elementary School's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allatoona Elementary School this school | 413 | 84.5% | 42.6% |
| Calhoun Early Learning Academy Calhoun | 503 | 91.7% | N/A |
| Alto Park Elementary School Rome | 429 | 83.9% | 39.7% |
| Cherokee Elementary School Cedartown | 575 | 82.1% | 35.8% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Atlanta | 378 | 83.1% | 33.2% |
| Northside Elementary Cedartown | 531 | 87.6% | 30.8% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allatoona Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bartow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #497 of 1,208 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #475 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #8 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #358 of 1,215 ▲ 99 | #2 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.1pp | #31 of 1,183 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #1,066 of 1,324 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #401 of 1,301 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #404 of 1,301 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #650 of 1,312 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #784 of 854 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
413
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
-36% since 2000-01, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 413 | 33 | 12.5:1 | 85% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 82% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 33.2 | 12.5:1 | 74% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 70% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 33.1 | 12.8:1 | 80% (341) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 80% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 79% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 642 | 42 | 15.3:1 | 53% (342) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allatoona Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (425 to 413); teachers unchanged (33.1 to 33).
About Allatoona Elementary School
Allatoona Elementary School is a small elementary school in Acworth, Georgia, (ZIP code 30102). Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 413 students. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
Bartow County oversees Allatoona Elementary School and 18 other schools, with 14,019 students in total.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Allatoona Elementary School, 44% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 42% White, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. In Bartow County overall, about 11% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Allatoona Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
Federal staffing data show 33 full-time-equivalent teachers at Allatoona Elementary School and a ratio of 12.5:1. That ratio is under the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 85% of students. That is higher than the 62% average for public schools in Bartow County.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.7%. Allatoona Elementary School scores 42.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Bartow County show that median household income is about $82,243, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 23 public schools in Bartow County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,705.
The nearest other public school, Clark Creek Elementary School, is about 2.6 miles away. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Allatoona Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Allatoona Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Allatoona Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Allatoona Elementary School had 398 students in 2020-21 and 413 in 2024-25, a 4% increase.
Community posts for Allatoona Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bartow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,113
Census ACS
Median income
$82,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
18,705 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bartow County
- Cass High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Adairsville High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Cass Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Adairsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Adairsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
Other schools in Acworth
- Allatoona High SchoolHigh · 1,560 students
- Clark Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,108 students
- Durham Middle SchoolMiddle · 984 students
- Crossroads Middle SchoolMiddle · 908 students
- Pitner Elementary SchoolElementary · 802 students
- Barber Middle SchoolMiddle · 790 students
Nearby schools
- Clark Creek Elementary School2.6 mi · 1,108
- Oak Grove Elementary School3.6 mi · 523
- McCall Primary School3.7 mi · 265
- Barber Middle School4.1 mi · 790
- Acworth Elementary School4.3 mi · 499
- Boston Elementary School4.6 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Allatoona Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Allatoona Elementary School?
Allatoona Elementary School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Allatoona Elementary School serve?
Allatoona Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Allatoona Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Allatoona Elementary School is approximately 12.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Allatoona Elementary School?
Student demographics at Allatoona Elementary School are roughly 42% White, 44% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Allatoona Elementary School in?
Allatoona Elementary School is part of Bartow County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.