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What tradition at Carrollton Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
1,894
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,356 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLLTON CITY·NCES 130087000088
Carrollton Elementary School
401 Ben Scott Blvd, Carrollton, GA 30117 · (770) 832-2120 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,894 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
1,222 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 219 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 406 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 399 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 438 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 432 | 23% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Carrollton Elementary School→Carrollton Upper Elementary→Carrollton Middle School→Carrollton High School
Based on grade levels within Carrollton City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.5pp since 2021
Math
46.4%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 47.9% |
| 2022-23 | 39.9% | 51.4% |
| 2021-22 | 36.9% | 49.1% |
% 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
41.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Carrollton Elementary School
Carrollton Elementary School's state test result (41.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Elementary School this school | 1,894 | 64.5% | 41.6% |
| Cartersville Primary School Cartersville | 1,507 | 59.5% | 42.4% |
| Godley Station School Savannah | 1,585 | 60.8% | 37.1% |
| Harbins Elementary School Dacula | 1,320 | 55.6% | 48.4% |
| Dacula Elementary School Dacula | 1,159 | 64.4% | 40.0% |
| Alcova Elementary School Dacula | 1,467 | 70.1% | 40.4% |
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 Carrollton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #517 of 1,208 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #479 of 1,215 ▼ 26 | #11 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #554 of 1,215 ▲ 65 | #12 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #308 of 1,183 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,894 | #1 of 1,324 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,045 of 1,301 | #7 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #88 of 1,301 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #889 of 1,312 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.8% | #128 of 386 | #5 of 10 |
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
1,894
+235 (+14%) vs 2020
+6% since 2000-01, when it was 1,790
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,894 | 128 | 14.8:1 | 65% (1,222) |
| 2023-24 | 1,866 | 115 | 16.2:1 | 66% (1,238) |
| 2022-23 | 1,783 | 106.7 | 16.7:1 | 56% (1,003) |
| 2020-21 | 1,659 | 101 | 16.4:1 | 56% (928) |
| 2017-18 | 1,635 | 105.3 | 15.5:1 | 70% (1,149) |
| 2015-16 | 1,585 | 99 | 16.0:1 | 69% (1,086) |
| 2010-11 | 1,684 | 94 | 17.9:1 | 59% (998) |
| 2000-01 | 1,790 | 85 | 21.1:1 | 51% (905) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carrollton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,635 to 1,894); teachers up 22% (105.3 to 128).
About Carrollton Elementary School
Carrollton Elementary School is an elementary school in Carrollton, Georgia, and it is part of Carrollton City. It has an enrollment of 1,894 students in pre-K through 3. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
The district for Carrollton Elementary School is Carrollton City, with 4 schools and 5,850 students.
The biggest share of students at Carrollton Elementary School, 34%, is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Black, 25% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. In Carroll County overall, about 68% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carrollton Elementary School scores 71%.
There are 128 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.8:1. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Carroll County, the school's rate is higher.
Carrollton Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.6% and a predicted 44.0%.
In Carroll County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $73,714 a year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Carrollton Elementary School, Carroll County has 28 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Carrollton Middle School, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.0%; Carrollton Elementary School's is 41.6%, ranking 7th of 9.
Carrollton Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count increased 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.4 to 14.8 over 4 years.
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Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,569
Census ACS
Median income
$73,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
22,250 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carrollton City
- Carrollton High SchoolHigh · 1,859 students
- Carrollton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
- Carrollton Upper ElementaryElementary · 817 students
Other schools in Carrollton
- Carrollton High SchoolHigh · 1,859 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- Carrollton Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,280 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 991 students
- Carrollton Upper ElementaryElementary · 817 students
Other Carrollton Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Carrollton Elementary. Carrollton Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolCarrollton, OH · 804 students
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolSAGINAW, MI · 662 students
- Carrollton ElementaryCarrollton, VA · 569 students
- Carrollton ElementaryNew Carrollton, MD · 539 students
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolCARROLLTON, TX · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Carrollton Middle School0.2 mi · 1,280
- Carrollton Upper Elementary0.3 mi · 817
- Carrollton High School0.4 mi · 1,859
- Central High School1.2 mi · 1,338
- Central Middle School1.8 mi · 1,009
- Central Elementary School2.0 mi · 991
Frequently asked questions
About Carrollton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carrollton Elementary School?
Carrollton Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,894 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Carrollton Elementary School serve?
Carrollton Elementary School serves grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at Carrollton Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Carrollton Elementary School.
How diverse is Carrollton Elementary School?
Carrollton Elementary School reports a student body of 34% White, 25% Hispanic, 32% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Carrollton Elementary School in?
Carrollton Elementary School is part of Carrollton City.
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