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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Anderson Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000476
Anderson Elementary School
4199 Old Rock Cut Rd, Conley, GA 30288 · (404) 362-3820 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
420 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
20.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.3pp since 2021
Math
23.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% | 23.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.4% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 16.4% | 15.7% |
| 2021-22 | 15.2% | 9.9% |
% 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Anderson Elementary School
Anderson Elementary School's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Elementary School this school | 420 | 100.0% | 21.5% |
| Edmonds Elementary School Forest Park | 426 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| Cox Elementary School Moultrie | 466 | 100.0% | 20.7% |
| Fountain Elementary School Forest Park | 437 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| Austell Elementary School Austell | 367 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
| Lake Ridge Elementary School Riverdale | 498 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
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 Anderson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #1,005 of 1,208 | #20 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #993 of 1,215 ▲ 156 | #17 of 37 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,001 of 1,215 ▲ 81 | #19 of 37 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.4pp | #159 of 1,183 | #11 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #1,052 of 1,324 | #37 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #451 of 1,301 | #7 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #670 of 1,301 | #7 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #83 of 1,312 | #8 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #137 of 854 | #12 of 34 |
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
420
-62 (-13%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 420 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 100% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 90% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 33 | 15.3:1 | 90% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 93% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 99% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 99% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 511 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 83% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 80% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 24 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (567 to 420); teachers down 13% (38 to 33).
About Anderson Elementary School
Anderson Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in Conley, Georgia. The school's enrollment of 420 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Clayton County is the local district for Anderson Elementary School. It runs 68 schools with 51,326 students.
Black students make up a majority at Anderson Elementary School, at 53%. Smaller groups are 42% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Clayton County is roughly 69% Black. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 33 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.7:1. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.7%. Anderson Elementary School scores 21.5%.
Anderson Elementary School is located in Clayton County, where the median household income is $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Anderson Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Anderson Elementary School is Huie Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Anderson Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Anderson Elementary School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 420, a 13% decrease from 482 in 2020-21. The ratio was 14.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Anderson Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other Anderson Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Anderson Elementary. Anderson Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 23.
- Anderson Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 748 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 686 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 635 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 585 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolBooneville, MS · 551 students
Nearby schools
- Huie Elementary School0.8 mi · 594
- Edmonds Elementary School1.1 mi · 426
- 7 Pillars Career Academy2.2 mi · 271
- Unidos Dual Language School2.2 mi · 394
- Lake City Elementary School2.6 mi · 479
- South Atlanta High School2.7 mi · 942
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson Elementary SchoolHow large is Anderson Elementary School?
Anderson Elementary School enrolls approximately 420 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Anderson Elementary School serve?
Anderson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Anderson Elementary School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Anderson Elementary School.
How diverse is Anderson Elementary School?
Anderson Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 42% Hispanic, 53% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Anderson Elementary School in?
Anderson Elementary School is part of Clayton County.
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