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How has Baker Place Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
958
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA COUNTY·NCES 130141004042
Baker Place Elementary
2011 Hero Way, Grovetown, GA 30813 · (706) 447-2115 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL958 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
15.3:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
385 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 33 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 145 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 180 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 153 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (145).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
62.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.9pp since 2021
Math
70.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.3% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 71.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.2% | 65.7% |
| 2021-22 | 58.4% | 63.8% |
% 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
67.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Baker Place Elementary
Baker Place Elementary's state test result (67.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Place Elementary this school | 958 | 40.2% | 67.9% |
| Ithica Elementary Villa Rica | 809 | 38.9% | 53.4% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School Grovetown | 1,060 | 49.9% | 55.2% |
| Charles R. Drew Charter School Atlanta | 961 | 38.0% | 69.2% |
| Cheatham Hill Elementary School Marietta | 1,021 | 41.5% | 52.8% |
| Loganville Elementary School Loganville | 951 | 48.1% | 63.5% |
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 Baker Place Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #116 of 1,208 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #120 of 1,215 ▼ 3 | #8 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #121 of 1,215 ▼ 24 | #8 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.4pp | #355 of 1,183 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 958 | #106 of 1,324 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #1,151 of 1,301 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #146 of 1,301 | #5 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #1,118 of 1,312 | #10 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #262 of 386 | #9 of 11 |
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
958
-47 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 958 | 62.6 | 15.3:1 | 40% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 948 | 61.6 | 15.4:1 | 40% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 1,005 | 61.4 | 16.4:1 | 28% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 1,005 | 60 | 16.8:1 | 22% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 905 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 24% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 1,039 | 65 | 16.0:1 | 23% (239) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baker Place Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (905 to 958); teachers up 14% (55 to 62.6).
About Baker Place Elementary
Students in Grovetown, Georgia, attend Baker Place Elementary, a large elementary school. The school has 958 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Columbia County enrolls 28,964 students, and its 31 schools include Baker Place Elementary.
White students make up 39% of enrollment at Baker Place Elementary, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 36% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. In Columbia County overall, about 66% of residents are White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Baker Place Elementary are from different groups.
There are 62.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Baker Place Elementary, giving a ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 385 students, or 40%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Columbia County is close, at 39%.
Baker Place Elementary earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 95% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Baker Place Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.9% and a predicted 56.6%.
Looking at the county, Columbia County, the median household earns about $95,592 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting Baker Place Elementary, Columbia County has 32 public schools.
Baker Place Elementary is about 0.3 miles from Grovetown High School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Baker Place Elementary at 3rd of 9.
Baker Place Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 958, from 1,005 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 16.8:1 to 15.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Baker Place Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,434
Census ACS
Median income
$95,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
29,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia County
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
Other schools in Grovetown
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,060 students
- Grovetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 908 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
- Euchee Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Grovetown High School0.3 mi · 2,256
- Columbia Middle School0.5 mi · 903
- Euchee Creek Elementary School2.1 mi · 705
- Lewiston Elementary School2.6 mi · 614
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School3.0 mi · 1,060
- Grovetown Middle School3.1 mi · 1,067
Frequently asked questions
About Baker Place ElementaryHow large is Baker Place Elementary?
Baker Place Elementary enrolls approximately 958 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Baker Place Elementary serve?
Baker Place Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Baker Place Elementary?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Baker Place Elementary.
How diverse is Baker Place Elementary?
Baker Place Elementary reports a student body of 39% White, 14% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Baker Place Elementary in?
Baker Place Elementary is part of Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.