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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228003874
Birmingham Falls Elementary School
14865 Birmingham Hwy, Milton, GA 30004 · (470) 254-2820 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
30 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
35%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
81.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.6pp since 2021
Math
87.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.1% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 85.5% |
| 2022-23 | 83.7% | 86.3% |
| 2021-22 | 80.5% | 82.5% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Birmingham Falls Elementary School
Birmingham Falls Elementary School's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Falls Elementary School this school | 696 | 4.3% | 83.3% |
| Summit Hill Elementary Alpharetta | 678 | 7.7% | 78.9% |
| Mountain Park Elementary School Roswell | 735 | 9.5% | 79.7% |
| Tritt Elementary School Marietta | 804 | 9.2% | 83.5% |
| Sweet Apple Elementary School Roswell | 845 | 8.6% | 81.3% |
| Morningside Elementary School Atlanta | 722 | 7.6% | 77.7% |
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 Birmingham Falls Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #13 of 1,208 | #4 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #12 of 1,215 ▲ 6 | #4 of 113 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #10 of 1,215 no change | #5 of 113 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #573 of 1,183 | #81 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #378 of 1,324 | #26 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,020 of 1,301 | #100 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.7% | #1,012 of 1,301 | #58 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #1,311 of 1,312 | #119 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #669 of 854 | #75 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
696
+83 (+14%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
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 | 696 | 47.5 | 14.7:1 | 4% (30) |
| 2023-24 | 746 | 48.9 | 15.3:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 2% (17) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 47.8 | 15.5:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 2% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Birmingham Falls Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (741 to 696); teachers down 1% (47.8 to 47.5).
About Birmingham Falls Elementary School
The public elementary school Birmingham Falls Elementary School is located in Milton, Georgia. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 696 students.
The 107 schools in Fulton County enroll 87,563 students altogether, Birmingham Falls Elementary School among them.
Roughly 80% of students at Birmingham Falls Elementary School are White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Among people living in Fulton County, the White share is about 38%. The diversity index for Birmingham Falls Elementary School is 35%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.7 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Of all students at Birmingham Falls Elementary School, 4% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 62% for public schools in Fulton County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Birmingham Falls Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 83.3% actual against 75.1% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Fulton County show that the median household earns about $95,292 a year, about 59% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Fulton County has 205 public schools with about 138,270 students, including Birmingham Falls Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Summit Hill Elementary, is about 2.1 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Birmingham Falls Elementary School places 1st out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies Birmingham Falls Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
A 14% gain took enrollment from 613 in 2020-21 to 696 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.3:1 to 14.7:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Summit Hill Elementary2.1 mi · 678
- Milton High School3.1 mi · 1,999
- Northwestern Middle School3.4 mi · 1,167
- Crabapple Crossing Elementary School3.6 mi · 628
- Mountain Road Elementary School3.8 mi · 370
- Cambridge High School4.2 mi · 1,602
Frequently asked questions
About Birmingham Falls Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Birmingham Falls Elementary School?
Birmingham Falls Elementary School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades PK-05.
Is Birmingham Falls Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Birmingham Falls Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Birmingham Falls Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Birmingham Falls Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Birmingham Falls Elementary School?
Student demographics at Birmingham Falls Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Birmingham Falls Elementary School in?
Birmingham Falls Elementary School is part of Fulton County.
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