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What's the most underrated thing about Austin Road Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282000378
Austin Road Elementary School
50 Austin Rd, Stockbridge, GA 30281 · (770) 389-6556 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
322 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
50%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
27.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
28.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 27.3% |
| 2022-23 | 23.3% | 31.5% |
| 2021-22 | 23.2% | 24.6% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Austin Road Elementary School
Austin Road Elementary School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Road Elementary School this school | 414 | 77.8% | 29.5% |
| Mount Carmel Elementary School Douglasville | 425 | 83.8% | 30.9% |
| Hampton Elementary School Hampton | 466 | 77.3% | 25.5% |
| Bright Star Elementary School Douglasville | 481 | 85.4% | 37.3% |
| Bruce Elementary School Macon | 411 | 79.1% | 15.5% |
| Honey Creek Elementary School Conyers | 471 | 86.4% | 28.4% |
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 Austin Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #814 of 1,208 | #12 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #905 of 1,215 ▼ 4 | #15 of 28 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #817 of 1,215 ▼ 33 | #19 of 28 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #491 of 1,183 | #10 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #1,064 of 1,324 | #28 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #354 of 1,301 | #1 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #780 of 1,301 | #17 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #752 of 1,312 | #6 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.6% | #124 of 386 | #7 of 9 |
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
414
+84 (+25%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 614
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 414 | 33.6 | 12.3:1 | 78% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 33.3 | 12.3:1 | 79% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 30.8 | 12.5:1 | 65% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 60% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 75% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | 66% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 52% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 16% (96) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Austin Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (355 to 414); teachers up 20% (28 to 33.6).
About Austin Road Elementary School
At 50 Austin Rd in Stockbridge, Georgia, Austin Road Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. Enrollment is 414 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 32% smaller than average.
The Henry County system has 53 schools and 43,012 students.
At 67%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Austin Road Elementary School combined. It is also 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% White. Henry County's residents are about 52% Black, 15 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Austin Road Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
A ratio of 12.3:1 comes from the school's 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 78% in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Henry County is 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Austin Road Elementary School is C. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Austin Road Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.5% and a predicted 37.2%.
Henry County census figures show that median household income is about $83,146, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Austin Road Elementary School is among the 54 public schools in Henry County.
Austin Road Middle School is the public school closest to Austin Road Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Austin Road Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Austin Road Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 29.5% versus a 26.9% average.
In the federal locale system, Austin Road Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Austin Road Elementary School had 330 students in 2020-21 and 414 in 2024-25, a 25% increase.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in Stockbridge
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,251 students
- General Ray Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 874 students
- Woodland Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Stockbridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Red Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Other Austin Road Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Austin Road Elementary. Austin Road Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Austin Road Elementary SchoolWinder, GA · 700 students
- AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMAHOPAC, NY · 596 students
Nearby schools
- Austin Road Middle School0.2 mi · 550
- Excelsior Village Academies2.2 mi · 90
- Fairview Elementary School2.6 mi · 590
- Woodland Elementary School3.1 mi · 491
- Stockbridge High School3.1 mi · 1,456
- Woodland Middle School3.2 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About Austin Road Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Austin Road Elementary School?
Austin Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Austin Road Elementary School serve?
Austin Road Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Austin Road Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Austin Road Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Austin Road Elementary School?
At Austin Road Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 19% Hispanic, 67% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Austin Road Elementary School?
Austin Road Elementary School is overseen by Henry County in Henry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.