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What tradition at Blue Ridge Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
632
Elementary
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130162003476
Blue Ridge Elementary School
100 S Bogle St, Dalton, GA 30721 · (706) 260-2700 · Whitfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- C-Three-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
10.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
539 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 59 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Blue Ridge Elementary School→Hammond Creek Middle School
Based on grade levels within Dalton Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
21.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.7pp since 2021
Math
23.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -5.7pp 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 23 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 25.1% |
| 2022-23 | 22.6% | 25.4% |
| 2021-22 | 22.9% | 28.9% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Blue Ridge Elementary School
Blue Ridge Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Elementary School this school | 632 | 85.3% | 22.0% |
| Sugar Hill Elementary Gainesville | 685 | 84.8% | 28.1% |
| Woodward Elementary School Brookhaven | 553 | 84.6% | 20.6% |
| Hightower Elementary School Doraville | 604 | 88.6% | 18.6% |
| Dresden Elementary School Chamblee | 606 | 92.4% | 10.4% |
| Park Creek Elementary School Dalton | 604 | 78.8% | 37.2% |
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 Blue Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #991 of 1,208 | #19 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #999 of 1,215 ▼ 59 | #18 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #974 of 1,215 ▲ 4 | #19 of 19 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #190 of 1,183 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #523 of 1,324 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #113 of 1,301 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.6% | #1,260 of 1,301 | #19 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #644 of 1,312 | #13 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #763 of 854 | #12 of 16 |
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
632
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 632 | 57.7 | 10.9:1 | 85% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 634 | 56.1 | 11.3:1 | 89% (567) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 58.9 | 10.9:1 | 87% (559) |
| 2020-21 | 655 | 56 | 11.7:1 | 82% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 44.4 | 14.7:1 | 81% (531) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 88% (578) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 87% (621) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (654 to 632); teachers up 30% (44.4 to 57.7).
About Blue Ridge Elementary School
Blue Ridge Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Dalton Public Schools, located in Dalton, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 632 students.
The Dalton Public Schools system has 10 schools and 7,619 students.
Blue Ridge Elementary School's enrollment is 93% Hispanic. Next come 4% White. The county population is about 37% Hispanic. Blue Ridge Elementary School's diversity index is 13%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Blue Ridge Elementary School is 57.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.9:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school counts 539 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 85%. For comparison, public schools in Whitfield County average 83%.
allk12 grades Blue Ridge Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Blue Ridge Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.0%; the prediction is 33.3%.
Among Whitfield County residents, the median household income is $67,070, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Blue Ridge Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Blue Ridge Elementary School is Roan Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge 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, Blue Ridge Elementary School ranks 8th on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Federal data show a 4% enrollment decrease, from 655 in 2020-21 to 632 in 2024-25.
Discussions about Blue Ridge Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dalton Public Schools
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
- Westwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 605 students
- Park Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 604 students
Other schools in Dalton
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
Other Blue Ridge Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Blue Ridge Elementary. Blue Ridge Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 14.
- Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolEvans, GA · 612 students
- Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolBlue Ridge, GA · 383 students
- Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolLakeside, AZ · 801 students
- Blue Ridge ElementarySeneca, SC · 579 students
- Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolBLUE RIDGE, TX · 510 students
Nearby schools
- Roan Elementary School0.5 mi · 421
- City Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 707
- Westwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 605
- Brookwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 688
- Park Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 604
- Dalton High School1.8 mi · 1,919
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolHow large is Blue Ridge Elementary School?
Blue Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades PK-05.
Is Blue Ridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blue Ridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Blue Ridge Elementary School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Blue Ridge Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Ridge Elementary School?
At Blue Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Blue Ridge Elementary School?
Blue Ridge Elementary School is overseen by Dalton Public Schools in Whitfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.