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What's the most underrated thing about Callaway Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROUP COUNTY·NCES 130000103789
Callaway Elementary School
2200 Hammett Rd, LaGrange, GA 30241 · (706) 845-2059 · Troup County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
606 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 66 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
26.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
30.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 25.4% | 23.7% |
| 2022-23 | 24.7% | 31.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.3% | 29.4% |
% 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
26.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Callaway Elementary School
Callaway Elementary School's state test result (26.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway Elementary School this school | 638 | 95.0% | 26.6% |
| Franklin Forest Elementary Lagrange | 690 | 96.2% | 33.4% |
| Eagle Springs Elementary Byron | 665 | 92.0% | 49.6% |
| Centerville Elementary School Centerville | 679 | 98.7% | 43.2% |
| Sally Dailey Meadows Elementary School Vidalia | 622 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Quitman Elementary School Quitman | 596 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
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 Callaway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Troup County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #890 of 1,208 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #857 of 1,215 ▲ 115 | #9 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #846 of 1,215 ▲ 62 | #8 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #688 of 1,183 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #508 of 1,324 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #943 of 1,301 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #258 of 1,301 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.0% | #525 of 1,312 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #191 of 854 | #2 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
638
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 638 | 44.5 | 14.3:1 | 95% (606) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 46.6 | 13.7:1 | 80% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 47.5 | 13.7:1 | 72% (468) |
| 2020-21 | 648 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 65% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 821 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 69% (570) |
| 2015-16 | 893 | 53 | 16.9:1 | 67% (600) |
| 2010-11 | 577 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 61% (353) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Callaway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (821 to 638); teachers down 9% (49 to 44.5).
About Callaway Elementary School
Callaway Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in LaGrange, Georgia. The school has 638 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
The 19 schools in Troup County enroll 12,262 students altogether, Callaway Elementary School among them.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Callaway Elementary School is Black, with 50% of students. Next come 25% White, 14% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 36% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Callaway Elementary School totals 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Of all students at Callaway Elementary School, 95% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Troup County is close, at 92%.
Callaway Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (26.6%) and its predicted rate (28.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
In the surrounding county, Troup County, the median household earns about $56,776 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Troup County has 19 public schools with about 12,262 students, including Callaway Elementary School.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Callaway Middle School, is the closest to Callaway Elementary School. Callaway Elementary School has 5 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 38.5%, higher than Callaway Elementary School's 26.6%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Callaway Elementary School was 648 in 2020-21 and 638 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
On allk12, people connected to Callaway Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Troup County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,330
Census ACS
Median income
$56,776
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
12,262 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troup County
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 1,399 students
- Troup County High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Long Cane Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Gardner-Newman Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 930 students
- Franklin Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
Other schools in LaGrange
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 1,399 students
- Troup County High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Long Cane Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Gardner-Newman Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Franklin Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
Other Callaway Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Callaway Elementary. Callaway Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Callaway Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GA · 677 students
- CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPANAMA CITY, FL · 622 students
- Callaway ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 231 students
- Callaway ElementaryCallaway, VA · 185 students
- CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCALLAWAY, NE · 98 students
Nearby schools
- Callaway Middle School0.2 mi · 656
- Callaway High School1.9 mi · 930
- Gardner-Newman Middle School3.1 mi · 963
- Hillcrest Elementary School3.8 mi · 390
- Franklin Forest Elementary4.4 mi · 690
- The Hope Academy School5.2 mi · 83
Frequently asked questions
About Callaway Elementary SchoolHow large is Callaway Elementary School?
Callaway Elementary School enrolls approximately 638 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Callaway Elementary School serve?
Callaway Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Callaway Elementary School have?
Callaway Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Callaway Elementary School?
Callaway Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 14% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Callaway Elementary School?
Callaway Elementary School is overseen by Troup County in Troup County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.