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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Brookwood Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA COUNTY·NCES 130141002072
Brookwood Elementary School
455 S Old Belair Rd, Grovetown, GA 30813 · (706) 855-7538 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
12.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
330 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 41 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
50.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.2pp since 2021
Math
66.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.6% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% | 61.6% |
| 2022-23 | 47.9% | 61.1% |
| 2021-22 | 46.4% | 54.6% |
% 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
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 (57.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood Elementary School this school | 559 | 59.0% | 57.8% |
| Lewis Elementary School Kennesaw | 550 | 55.3% | 50.8% |
| Blackwell Elementary School Marietta | 580 | 53.6% | 42.1% |
| Villa Rica Elementary School Villa Rica | 513 | 62.6% | 45.3% |
| Kennesaw Elementary School Kennesaw | 560 | 51.3% | N/A |
| McGarity Elementary School Hiram | 572 | 58.0% | 36.0% |
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 Brookwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #219 of 1,208 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #172 of 1,215 ▲ 54 | #11 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #263 of 1,215 ▲ 67 | #14 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #214 of 1,183 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #705 of 1,324 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #445 of 1,301 | #2 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #83 of 1,301 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #955 of 1,312 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #553 of 854 | #5 of 7 |
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
559
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 559 | 44 | 12.7:1 | 59% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 48.9 | 13.3:1 | 61% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 50.4 | 13.8:1 | 52% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 47% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 46.7 | 13.2:1 | 53% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 43 | 13.6:1 | 53% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 594 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 42% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 37 | 18.7:1 | 25% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 30 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brookwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (618 to 559); teachers down 6% (46.7 to 44).
About Brookwood Elementary School
Among the schools in Grovetown, Georgia, is Brookwood Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 559 students.
The district, Columbia County, has 28,964 students enrolled across 31 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Brookwood Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 43%. Other students are 24% Black, 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. That is lower than the 66% White share among all Columbia County residents. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 12.7 students per teacher and 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 59%. That is 20 points above the 39% average for public schools in Columbia County.
The allk12 Grade for Brookwood Elementary School is A. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 46.8% for a school in Georgia with Brookwood Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Brookwood Elementary School posts 57.8%.
Federal survey data for Columbia County show that the median household income is $95,592, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Columbia County is home to 32 public schools and about 29,518 public school students.
The closest public school to Brookwood Elementary School is Westmont Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Brookwood Elementary School is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 551 in 2020-21 and 559 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,434
Census ACS
Median income
$95,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
29,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia County
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
Other schools in Grovetown
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,060 students
- Baker Place ElementaryElementary · 958 students
- Grovetown Elementary SchoolElementary · 908 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
Other Brookwood Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Brookwood Elementary. Brookwood Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 14.
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolSnellville, GA · 1,422 students
- Brookwood ElementaryCumming, GA · 810 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolDalton, GA · 688 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolLevittown, PA · 975 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Westmont Elementary School0.9 mi · 720
- Belair Middle School2.6 mi · 776
- Sue Reynolds Elementary School2.7 mi · 652
- Evans High School2.8 mi · 1,800
- Belair Elementary School3.1 mi · 675
- Martinez Elementary School3.1 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About Brookwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Brookwood Elementary School?
Brookwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Brookwood Elementary School serve?
Brookwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Brookwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Brookwood Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brookwood Elementary School?
At Brookwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 18% Hispanic, 24% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Brookwood Elementary School public or private?
Brookwood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Columbia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.