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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GORDON COUNTY·NCES 130243001072
Belwood Elementary School
590 Belwood Rd SE, Calhoun, GA 30701 · (706) 629-9547 · Gordon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- DThree-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
12.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
524 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 78 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
31.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -10.4pp since 2021
Math
42.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.2% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.3% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.2% | 41.7% |
| 2021-22 | 41.6% | 47.7% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Belwood Elementary School
Belwood Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belwood Elementary School this school | 530 | 98.9% | 36.1% |
| Demorest Elementary School Demorest | 548 | 94.3% | 52.8% |
| Norman Park Elementary School Norman Park | 581 | 100.0% | 44.1% |
| Youngs Grove Elementary School Cedartown | 490 | 96.1% | 33.3% |
| Woodlawn Elementary School Chatsworth | 498 | 100.0% | 39.6% |
| Tolbert Elementary School Resaca | 528 | 99.1% | 39.9% |
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 Belwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gordon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #635 of 1,208 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #572 of 1,215 ▲ 25 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #685 of 1,215 ▼ 54 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.8pp | #57 of 1,183 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #790 of 1,324 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #461 of 1,301 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #714 of 1,301 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #475 of 1,312 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #737 of 854 | #5 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
530
+36 (+7%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 530 | 41.5 | 12.8:1 | 99% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 82% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 63% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 61% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 38.2 | 14.5:1 | 69% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 67% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 67% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 31% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 26 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (553 to 530); teachers up 9% (38.2 to 41.5).
About Belwood Elementary School
Federal records list Belwood Elementary School as an elementary school in Calhoun, Georgia. The school's enrollment of 530 students covers pre-K through 5.
Gordon County is the local district for Belwood Elementary School. It runs 10 schools with 6,259 students.
White students make up a majority at Belwood Elementary School, at 61%. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Gordon County is roughly 78% White. Belwood Elementary School's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.8:1, with 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Belwood Elementary School is 99%. Across public schools in Gordon County, the average is 90%.
The allk12 Grade for Belwood Elementary School is B-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Belwood Elementary School is +9.8 points: 36.1% actual, 26.3% predicted.
In the county around the school, Gordon County, the median household income is $63,650, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Gordon County is home to 15 public schools and about 10,452 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Calhoun Elementary School, is about 2.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Belwood Elementary School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Belwood Elementary School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal data show a 7% enrollment gain, from 494 in 2020-21 to 530 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Belwood Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Gordon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,100
Census ACS
Median income
$63,650
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
10,452 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gordon County
- Sonoraville High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gordon Central High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Red Bud Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- Sonoraville ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Ashworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 578 students
- Red Bud Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Other schools in Calhoun
- Calhoun High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Sonoraville High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Calhoun Elementary SchoolMiddle · 922 students
- Calhoun Primary SchoolElementary · 913 students
- Gordon Central High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Red Bud Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Calhoun Elementary School2.7 mi · 922
- Calhoun Primary School2.7 mi · 913
- Calhoun Middle School3.7 mi · 573
- Calhoun High School3.7 mi · 1,282
- Calhoun Early Learning Academy3.9 mi · 503
- Gordon Central High School4.2 mi · 875
Frequently asked questions
About Belwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Belwood Elementary School?
Belwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
Is Belwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Belwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Belwood Elementary School have?
Belwood Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belwood Elementary School?
At Belwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 30% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Belwood Elementary School public or private?
Belwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Gordon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.