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How has Bascomb Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
911
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111001105
Bascomb Elementary School
1335 Wyngate Pkwy, Woodstock, GA 30189 · (770) 721-6630 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL911 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
176 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 9 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 149 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 163 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 188 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (188).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
58.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.7pp since 2021
Math
69.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 68.3% |
| 2022-23 | 61.6% | 70.2% |
| 2021-22 | 61.4% | 73.2% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Bascomb Elementary School
Bascomb Elementary School's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bascomb Elementary School this school | 911 | 19.3% | 65.0% |
| Roswell North Elementary School Roswell | 950 | 19.5% | 74.4% |
| Spout Springs Elementary School Flowery Branch | 855 | 22.9% | 54.4% |
| Frances Meeks Elementary School Richmond Hill | 908 | 16.9% | 70.9% |
| Avery Elementary School Canton | 1,104 | 22.6% | 66.3% |
| Macedonia Elementary School Canton | 730 | 18.6% | 63.3% |
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 Bascomb Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #142 of 1,208 | #3 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #132 of 1,215 ▲ 11 | #6 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #150 of 1,215 ▼ 20 | #5 of 23 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #231 of 1,183 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 911 | #130 of 1,324 | #9 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #964 of 1,301 | #19 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #956 of 1,301 | #20 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #1,229 of 1,312 | #22 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #706 of 854 | #11 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
911
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,266
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 911 | 63 | 14.5:1 | 19% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 967 | 65.5 | 14.8:1 | 17% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 982 | 65 | 15.1:1 | 11% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 906 | 57 | 15.9:1 | 11% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 959 | 58.6 | 16.4:1 | 8% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 1,051 | 56 | 18.8:1 | 10% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 1,053 | 61 | 17.3:1 | 10% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 1,266 | 70 | 18.1:1 | 1% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bascomb Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (959 to 911); teachers up 8% (58.6 to 63).
About Bascomb Elementary School
At 1335 Wyngate Pkwy in Woodstock, Georgia, Bascomb Elementary School operates as a large elementary school. It teaches 911 students in pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Federal data list 37 schools in Cherokee County, with 42,031 students enrolled.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at Bascomb Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. That is in line with Cherokee County, where about 76% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Bascomb Elementary School, there are about 14.5 students; the school has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 19%. Across public schools in Cherokee County, the average is 37%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bascomb Elementary School is -2.4 points: 65.0% actual, 67.3% predicted.
Cherokee County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $108,115, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 38 public schools in the county, enrolling about 42,642, Bascomb Elementary School among them.
About 0.7 miles separate Bascomb Elementary School from the closest public school, Boston Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Bascomb Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Bascomb Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 906 in 2020-21 and 911 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Bascomb Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Woodstock
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
- E. T. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,675 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,476 students
- Little River Elem.Elementary · 1,232 students
Nearby schools
- Boston Elementary School0.7 mi · 651
- E. T. Booth Middle School1.3 mi · 1,675
- Etowah High School1.3 mi · 2,393
- Carmel Elementary School2.4 mi · 912
- Woodstock High School2.9 mi · 2,006
- Woodstock Middle School3.0 mi · 1,075
Frequently asked questions
About Bascomb Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bascomb Elementary School?
Bascomb Elementary School enrolls approximately 911 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bascomb Elementary School serve?
Bascomb Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bascomb Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Bascomb Elementary School.
How diverse is Bascomb Elementary School?
Bascomb Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Bascomb Elementary School?
Bascomb Elementary School is overseen by Cherokee County in Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.