Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROUP COUNTY·NCES 130000100643
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School
1200 Forrest Ave, Lagrange, GA 30240 · (706) 883-1570 · Troup County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
248 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 19 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
20.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.7pp since 2021
Math
29.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.6pp 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 29 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.6% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 29.8% |
| 2022-23 | 20.2% | 24.8% |
| 2021-22 | 10.9% | 18.8% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Berta Weathersbee Elementary School
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berta Weathersbee Elementary School this school | 252 | 98.4% | 24.7% |
| Cleveland Avenue Elementary School Atlanta | 253 | 100.0% | 18.6% |
| Forrest Road Elementary School Columbus | 278 | 100.0% | 14.6% |
| Peyton Forest Elementary School Atlanta | 283 | 100.0% | 19.9% |
| West Manor Elementary School Atlanta | 247 | 100.0% | 33.4% |
| Joseph Humphries Elementary School Atlanta | 237 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
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 Berta Weathersbee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Troup County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #940 of 1,208 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #872 of 1,215 ▼ 27 | #10 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #996 of 1,215 ▼ 65 | #10 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #123 of 1,183 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #1,278 of 1,324 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #82 of 1,301 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.2% | #1,120 of 1,301 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #480 of 1,312 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #155 of 854 | #1 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
252
-41 (-14%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 252 | 23.6 | 10.7:1 | 98% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 23.9 | 11.2:1 | 100% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 26 | 10.1:1 | 94% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 26 | 11.3:1 | 95% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 28 | 12.0:1 | 100% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 99% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 91% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 67% (269) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berta Weathersbee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (335 to 252); teachers down 16% (28 to 23.6).
About Berta Weathersbee Elementary School
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School, located in Lagrange, Georgia, is a low-enrollment elementary school. It enrolled 252 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Enrollment across the 19 schools in Troup County totals 12,262 students.
The large majority of students at Berta Weathersbee Elementary School, 85%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 4% White. Among all residents of Troup County, the Black share is about 36%. The chance that two students picked at random at Berta Weathersbee Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School counts 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.7 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Berta Weathersbee Elementary School would score about 26.5%. It scores 24.7%, 1.8 points below that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Troup County show that median household income is about $56,776, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Berta Weathersbee Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Troup County, which together enroll about 12,262 students.
Ethel W. Kight Elementary School is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. Berta Weathersbee Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Berta Weathersbee Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Berta Weathersbee Elementary School went from 293 students to 252.
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Troup County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,330
Census ACS
Median income
$56,776
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
12,262 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troup County
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 1,399 students
- Troup County High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Long Cane Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Gardner-Newman Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 930 students
- Franklin Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
Other schools in Lagrange
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 1,399 students
- Troup County High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Long Cane Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Gardner-Newman Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Franklin Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
Nearby schools
- Ethel W. Kight Elementary School1.0 mi · 656
- LaGrange High School1.8 mi · 1,399
- Bradfield Center - Ault Academy1.9 mi · 24
- Clearview Elementary School2.1 mi · 676
- Troup County High School2.2 mi · 1,272
- The Hope Academy School2.4 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Berta Weathersbee Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Berta Weathersbee Elementary School?
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School enrolls approximately 252 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Berta Weathersbee Elementary School serve?
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Berta Weathersbee Elementary School have?
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
How diverse is Berta Weathersbee Elementary School?
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 10% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Berta Weathersbee Elementary School?
Berta Weathersbee Elementary School is overseen by Troup County in Troup County.
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