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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bessie L. Baggett Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402002588
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary
948 Williams Lake Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127 · (678) 460-1570 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
11.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
386 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
71%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
24.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -11.5pp since 2021
Math
34.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 31.3% |
| 2022-23 | 33.8% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.4% | 42.5% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Bessie L. Baggett Elementary
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bessie L. Baggett Elementary this school | 549 | 70.3% | 28.6% |
| Hal Hutchens Elementary Douglasville | 613 | 71.1% | 36.4% |
| Timothy Elementary School Athens | 565 | 68.3% | 51.3% |
| Mason Creek Elementary School Winston | 513 | 67.8% | 41.0% |
| Acworth Elementary School Acworth | 499 | 69.1% | 43.4% |
| Winder Elementary School Winder | 656 | 73.6% | 28.8% |
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 Bessie L. Baggett Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #845 of 1,208 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #757 of 1,215 ▲ 52 | #17 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #875 of 1,215 ▼ 60 | #18 of 19 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #25 of 1,183 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #735 of 1,324 | #14 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #262 of 1,301 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #103 of 1,301 | #1 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #829 of 1,312 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #419 of 854 | #3 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
549
-57 (-9%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 549 | 46 | 11.9:1 | 70% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 46.1 | 12.5:1 | 71% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 46.4 | 12.7:1 | 62% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 60% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 55% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 643 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 59% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 49% (286) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bessie L. Baggett Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (635 to 549); teachers up 7% (43 to 46).
About Bessie L. Baggett Elementary
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Georgia, located in Powder Springs. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 549 students.
The Paulding County system has 34 schools and 31,426 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Bessie L. Baggett Elementary is Black, with 37% of students. Next come 32% White, 23% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 23% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Bessie L. Baggett Elementary scores 71%.
Based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, Bessie L. Baggett Elementary has a ratio of 11.9:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. Income data for the school show 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 19 points above the 51% average for public schools in Paulding County.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Bessie L. Baggett Elementary outscored 10%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bessie L. Baggett Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.6%; the prediction is 41.0%.
The school's county is Paulding County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $98,031 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Paulding County number 34, with about 31,426 students.
J. A. Dobbins Middle School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Bessie L. Baggett Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Bessie L. Baggett Elementary places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes Bessie L. Baggett Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 549 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 606. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.1:1 to 11.9:1.
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Paulding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,909
Census ACS
Median income
$98,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
31,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paulding County
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
Other schools in Powder Springs
- Hillgrove High SchoolHigh · 2,282 students
- McEachern High SchoolHigh · 2,175 students
- Lovinggood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,209 students
- Kemp Elementary SchoolElementary · 894 students
- Tapp Middle SchoolMiddle · 809 students
- Powder Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 805 students
Nearby schools
- J. A. Dobbins Middle School0.4 mi · 531
- Sam D. Panter Elementary School1.5 mi · 506
- Hal Hutchens Elementary2.5 mi · 613
- Hiram High School2.9 mi · 1,460
- Hiram Elementary School3.0 mi · 797
- Powder Springs Elementary School4.5 mi · 805
Frequently asked questions
About Bessie L. Baggett ElementaryHow large is Bessie L. Baggett Elementary?
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary enrolls approximately 549 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bessie L. Baggett Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bessie L. Baggett Elementary have?
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bessie L. Baggett Elementary?
At Bessie L. Baggett Elementary, the student body is approximately 32% White, 23% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Bessie L. Baggett Elementary public or private?
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paulding County.
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