Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKE COUNTY·NCES 130117000452
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School
205 Alps Rd, Athens, GA 30606 · (706) 548-2261 · Clarke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
322 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 42 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
8.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.0pp since 2021
Math
19.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.3% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 8.8% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 6.9% | 8.5% |
| 2021-22 | 11.3% | 8.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School's state test result (11.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School this school | 322 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
| Dimon Elementary Columbus | 358 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Henderson E Formey Jr Early Learning Center Savannah | 324 | 96.0% | N/A |
| Hannan Elementary Columbus | 322 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Livingston Elementary School Covington | 357 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| John Wesley Dobbs Elementary School Atlanta | 330 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
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 Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clarke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #1,189 of 1,208 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #1,067 of 1,215 ▲ 106 | #12 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #1,203 of 1,215 ▲ 3 | #13 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.1pp | #445 of 1,183 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #1,221 of 1,324 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #11 of 1,301 | #3 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #932 of 1,301 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #68 of 1,312 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #160 of 854 | #5 of 13 |
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
322
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 322 | 38.1 | 8.4:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 37.6 | 8.6:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 339 | 36.2 | 9.4:1 | 83% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 40 | 8.6:1 | 82% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 425 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 92% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 33 | 11.1:1 | 92% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 44 | 9.7:1 | 94% (401) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 66% (310) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 34 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (425 to 322); teachers up 19% (32 to 38.1).
About Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School is one of the public schools in Athens, Georgia. It is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 322 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 47% smaller than that.
In Clarke County, 21 schools enroll a combined 12,275 students.
Black students make up a majority at Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School, at 75%. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% White, and 2% Asian. In Clarke County overall, about 26% of residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 8.4:1. That is 4.9 students per teacher below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. On average, public schools in Clarke County report 91%.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 25.7%. Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School posts 11.1%, 14.6 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Clarke County show that the median household income is $53,625, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 22 public schools in Clarke County, enrolling about 13,750 students in all.
The nearest public school is Clarke Middle School, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 36.9%, higher than Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School's 11.1%.
In the federal locale system, Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 322 students in 2024-25, 23 fewer than the 345 it had in 2020-21.
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Clarke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,609
Census ACS
Median income
$53,625
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,750 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clarke County
- Clarke Central High SchoolHigh · 1,907 students
- Cedar Shoals High SchoolHigh · 1,489 students
- Clarke Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle SchoolMiddle · 707 students
- Whitehead Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Hilsman Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
Other schools in Athens
- Clarke Central High SchoolHigh · 1,907 students
- Cedar Shoals High SchoolHigh · 1,489 students
- Foothills Regional High SchoolHigh · 1,475 students
- Clarke Middle SchoolMiddle · 718 students
- South Jackson Elementary SchoolElementary · 715 students
- Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle SchoolMiddle · 707 students
Nearby schools
- Clarke Middle School0.1 mi · 718
- Classic City High School0.5 mi · 58
- Clarke Central High School1.1 mi · 1,907
- Barrow Elementary School1.4 mi · 456
- Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School1.6 mi · 563
- Johnnie Lay Burks Elementary School1.6 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School?
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School serve?
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School have?
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
How diverse is Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School?
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 11% Hispanic, 75% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School?
Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School is overseen by Clarke County in Clarke County.
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