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Enrollment
835
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COWETA COUNTY·NCES 130150003881
Brooks Elementary
35 Genesee Pt, Newnan, GA 30263 · (770) 683-0013 · Coweta County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
234 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 73 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 160 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
60.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -7.2pp since 2021
Math
75.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.6% | 74.2% |
| 2021-22 | 67.4% | 73.8% |
% 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
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Brooks Elementary
Brooks Elementary's state test result (68.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Elementary this school | 835 | 28.0% | 68.4% |
| Burnt Hickory Elementary School Dallas | 996 | 27.0% | 59.6% |
| Pickett's Mill Elementary School Acworth | 753 | 32.3% | 64.3% |
| Arnold Mill Elementary School Woodstock | 767 | 26.3% | 62.4% |
| Jefferson Academy Jefferson | 935 | 31.0% | 66.4% |
| Frey Elementary School Acworth | 691 | 29.8% | 58.3% |
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 Brooks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Coweta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #109 of 1,208 | #2 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #78 of 1,215 no change | #1 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #138 of 1,215 ▲ 2 | #3 of 19 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #247 of 1,183 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #193 of 1,324 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,233 of 1,301 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #655 of 1,301 | #16 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #1,191 of 1,312 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #113 of 386 | #3 of 9 |
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
835
+104 (+14%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 835 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 28% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 52 | 15.8:1 | 32% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 50 | 16.3:1 | 25% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 46 | 15.9:1 | 27% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 29% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 23% (157) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 24% (149) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brooks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (708 to 835); teachers up 24% (42 to 52).
About Brooks Elementary
Federal records list Brooks Elementary as an elementary school in Newnan, Georgia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 835 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Brooks Elementary is one school in a 29-school district, Coweta County, which enrolls 23,064 students.
More than half of the students at Brooks Elementary are White (64%). Next come 15% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The diversity index for Brooks Elementary is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.1 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 2.7 students per teacher. Roughly 28% of students at Brooks Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Coweta County is 46%.
Brooks Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.4% is 5.6 points above the 62.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Coweta County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $95,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 31 public schools in the county, enrolling about 23,423, Brooks Elementary among them.
About 4.2 miles separate Brooks Elementary from the closest public school, Madras Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Brooks Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Brooks Elementary's location as Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 731 to 835, a 14% gain.
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Coweta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
152,852
Census ACS
Median income
$95,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coweta County
- East Coweta High SchoolHigh · 3,001 students
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Blake Bass Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
Other schools in Newnan
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Madras Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
- Arnall Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
Other Brooks Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Brooks Elementary. Brooks Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Brooks Elementary SchoolKillen, AL · 874 students
- Brooks ElementaryWindsor, CA · 493 students
- Brooks ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 471 students
- Brooks Elementary SchoolBrooks, KY · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Madras Middle School4.2 mi · 754
- Northside Elementary School4.9 mi · 366
- Arbor Springs Elementary5.9 mi · 395
- Arnco-Sargent Elementary School6.2 mi · 357
- Georgia Baptist Children's Home and Family Ministries6.2 mi · 8
- Jefferson Parkway Elementary School6.6 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Brooks ElementaryHow large is Brooks Elementary?
Brooks Elementary enrolls approximately 835 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Brooks Elementary serve?
Brooks Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brooks Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brooks Elementary is approximately 16.1:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brooks Elementary?
Brooks Elementary reports a student body of 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Brooks Elementary?
Brooks Elementary is overseen by Coweta County in Coweta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.