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Enrollment
688
Elementary
DISTRICT 610 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 130162000783
Brookwood Elementary School
501 Central Ave, Dalton, GA 30720 · (706) 278-9202 · Whitfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
387 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 | 62 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
59%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
Brookwood 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
49.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.5pp since 2021
Math
55.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.7% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 48.8% |
| 2022-23 | 52.1% | 50.5% |
| 2021-22 | 45.2% | 50.8% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Brookwood Elementary School
Brookwood Elementary School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood Elementary School this school | 688 | 56.3% | 49.0% |
| Cumming Elementary School Cumming | 900 | 59.8% | 40.8% |
| Westwood Elementary School Dalton | 605 | 66.1% | 54.3% |
| Hembree Springs Elementary School Roswell | 536 | 54.7% | 56.5% |
| Sycamore Elementary School Sugar Hill | 751 | 61.7% | 45.8% |
| Martin Elementary School Flowery Branch | 628 | 65.4% | 29.1% |
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 Brookwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #363 of 1,208 | #4 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #308 of 1,215 ▲ 132 | #5 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #278 of 1,215 ▲ 6 | #2 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.8pp | #396 of 1,183 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #397 of 1,324 | #2 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #484 of 1,301 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #515 of 1,301 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #984 of 1,312 | #19 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #775 of 854 | #13 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
688
+31 (+5%) vs 2020
+71% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 688 | 53.5 | 12.9:1 | 56% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 53.9 | 13.1:1 | 59% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 724 | 56.8 | 12.8:1 | 57% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 53 | 12.4:1 | 40% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 45.2 | 15.7:1 | 56% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 56% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 62% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 42% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 25 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (710 to 688); teachers up 18% (45.2 to 53.5).
About Brookwood Elementary School
Brookwood Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Dalton, Georgia. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 688 students.
Brookwood Elementary School is one school in Dalton Public Schools, a system of 10 schools with 7,619 students.
Federal enrollment data show Brookwood Elementary School is 53% Hispanic. Other groups include 34% White, 6% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 37% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Brookwood Elementary School totals 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Brookwood Elementary School is about 56%. Across public schools in Whitfield County, the average is 83%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.3%.
Census data for Whitfield County show median household income comes to about $67,070, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 33 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,570, Brookwood Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Brookwood Elementary School is closest to City Park Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Brookwood Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Brookwood Elementary School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Enrollment increased by 5% across 4 years, from 657 in 2020-21 to 688 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Brookwood Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 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 Brookwood Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Brookwood Elementary. Brookwood Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 14.
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolSnellville, GA · 1,422 students
- Brookwood ElementaryCumming, GA · 810 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolGrovetown, GA · 559 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolLevittown, PA · 975 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 792 students
Nearby schools
- City Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 707
- Blue Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 632
- Westwood Elementary School1.8 mi · 605
- Dalton High School1.8 mi · 1,919
- Roan Elementary School1.9 mi · 421
- Dug Gap Elementary School2.2 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Brookwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Brookwood Elementary School?
Brookwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 688 students in grades PK-05.
Is Brookwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brookwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brookwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brookwood Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (54 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Brookwood Elementary School?
Brookwood Elementary School reports a student body of 34% White, 53% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Brookwood Elementary School in?
Brookwood Elementary School is part of Dalton Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.