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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATOOSA COUNTY·NCES 130093000845
Boynton Elementary School
3938 Boynton Dr, Ringgold, GA 30736 · (706) 866-1521 · Catoosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
224 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
45.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.0pp since 2021
Math
49.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.3% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.8% | 42.7% |
| 2022-23 | 45.9% | 44.4% |
| 2021-22 | 51.3% | 41.0% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Boynton Elementary School
Boynton Elementary School's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boynton Elementary School this school | 580 | 38.6% | 47.4% |
| Graysville Elementary School Ringgold | 548 | 43.4% | 51.3% |
| Eastside Elementary School Senoia | 602 | 33.9% | 56.3% |
| Wauka Mountain Elementary School Gainesville | 546 | 44.0% | 45.3% |
| Johnson Elementary Rome | 518 | 43.4% | 80.6% |
| Whitesburg Elementary School Whitesburg | 517 | 42.7% | 49.0% |
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 Boynton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Catoosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #389 of 1,208 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #407 of 1,215 ▲ 138 | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #346 of 1,215 ▼ 91 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #642 of 1,183 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #652 of 1,324 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #216 of 1,301 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.1% | #1,132 of 1,301 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #1,133 of 1,312 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #703 of 854 | #7 of 8 |
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
580
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 580 | 49.8 | 11.7:1 | 39% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 41% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 43 | 14.0:1 | 32% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 41 | 13.7:1 | 30% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 34% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 34% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 33% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 15% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boynton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (611 to 580); teachers up 24% (40 to 49.8).
About Boynton Elementary School
Boynton Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in Ringgold, Georgia. It enrolled 580 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Catoosa County (16 schools, 10,134 students) runs Boynton Elementary School.
White students make up 86% of enrollment at Boynton Elementary School. Other students are 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, Catoosa County is about 88% White. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 11.7:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Boynton Elementary School is 39%. That is lower than the 58% average for public schools in Catoosa County.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.4%. Boynton Elementary School scores 47.4%.
Census estimates describe Catoosa County this way: the median household income is $74,639, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. In all, Catoosa County has 16 public schools and roughly 10,134 students.
Nearest public school: Heritage High School, about 2.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Boynton Elementary School's average proficiency of 47.4% compares with 46.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Boynton Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Boynton Elementary School had 562 students, to 2024-25, when it had 580. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.7:1, from 13.7:1.
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Catoosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,634
Census ACS
Median income
$74,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
10,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catoosa County
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Ringgold High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Other schools in Ringgold
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Ringgold High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Ringgold Primary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Graysville Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage High School2.0 mi · 1,268
- Heritage Middle School2.2 mi · 858
- Ringgold Elementary School2.9 mi · 445
- Battlefield Primary2.9 mi · 438
- Ringgold Primary School3.0 mi · 552
- Battlefield Elementary School3.1 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About Boynton Elementary SchoolHow large is Boynton Elementary School?
Boynton Elementary School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-05.
Is Boynton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Boynton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Boynton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Boynton Elementary School is approximately 11.7:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Boynton Elementary School?
Boynton Elementary School reports a student body of 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Boynton Elementary School?
Boynton Elementary School is overseen by Catoosa County in Catoosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.