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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228001006
Bethune Elementary School
5925 Old Carriage Dr, College Park, GA 30349 · (470) 254-7940 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
608 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 42 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.4pp since 2021
Math
34.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 24.9% |
| 2022-23 | 18.2% | 26.4% |
| 2021-22 | 17.6% | 24.5% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 Bethune Elementary School
Bethune Elementary School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune Elementary School this school | 608 | 100.0% | 28.0% |
| Heritage Elementary School Atlanta | 597 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| Peek's Chapel Elementary Conyers | 591 | 100.0% | 25.7% |
| Panola Way Elementary School Lithonia | 550 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| River's Edge Elementary School Fayetteville | 652 | 100.0% | 32.2% |
| E. C. West Elementary School Fairburn | 678 | 100.0% | 43.9% |
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 Bethune Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #859 of 1,208 | #70 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #742 of 1,215 ▲ 204 | #59 of 113 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #797 of 1,215 ▲ 153 | #69 of 113 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #120 of 1,183 | #23 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #575 of 1,324 | #45 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #827 of 1,301 | #87 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #1,145 of 1,301 | #70 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #233 of 1,312 | #49 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #386 of 854 | #51 of 92 |
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
608
+67 (+12%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 608 | 43.5 | 14.0:1 | 100% (608) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 37.7 | 13.7:1 | 100% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 100% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 541 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 100% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 52 | 13.7:1 | 100% (711) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 100% (713) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 86% (651) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 82% (395) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 35 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethune Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (711 to 608); teachers down 16% (52 to 43.5).
About Bethune Elementary School
Bethune Elementary School is an elementary school in College Park, Georgia, and it is part of Fulton County. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 608 students on the rolls.
Bethune Elementary School is one school in Fulton County, a system of 107 schools with 87,563 students.
Roughly 86% of students at Bethune Elementary School are Black. Other groups make up 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 43% of Fulton County residents are Black. The diversity index for Bethune Elementary School is 24%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.0:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Fulton County is 62%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bethune Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 28.0% actual against 25.7% predicted.
For the population of Fulton County, median household income comes to about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fulton County counts 205 public schools with about 138,270 students.
Among nearby public schools, McNair Middle School is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Bethune Elementary School. By average proficiency, Bethune Elementary School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns Bethune Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 608, compared with 541 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Bethune Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in College Park
- Banneker High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- North Clayton High SchoolHigh · 1,124 students
- Main Street Charter AcademyElementary · 817 students
- North Clayton Middle SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Nolan Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- McNair Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
Other Bethune Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bethune Elementary. Bethune Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Bethune ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 213 students
Nearby schools
- McNair Middle School0.2 mi · 727
- Hapeville Charter Career Academy1.0 mi · 638
- Heritage Elementary School1.3 mi · 597
- Nolan Elementary School1.4 mi · 779
- Skyview High School1.7 mi · 346
- S. L. Lewis Elementary School1.7 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Bethune Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bethune Elementary School?
Bethune Elementary School enrolls approximately 608 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bethune Elementary School serve?
Bethune Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bethune Elementary School have?
Bethune Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Bethune Elementary School?
Bethune Elementary School reports a student body of 10% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bethune Elementary School in?
Bethune Elementary School is part of Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.