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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,068 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARTERSVILLE CITY·NCES 130090002098
Cartersville Elementary School
340 Old Mill Rd, Cartersville, GA 30120 · (770) 382-0983 · Bartow County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
386 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 296 | 47% |
| Grade 5 | 333 | 53% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cartersville City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
40.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.4pp since 2021
Math
52.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 52.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 49.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.5% | 44.6% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Cartersville Elementary School
Cartersville Elementary School's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartersville Elementary School this school | 629 | 61.4% | 44.4% |
| Austin Road Elementary School Winder | 700 | 61.3% | 35.7% |
| Hamilton Crossing Elementary School Cartersville | 653 | 63.1% | 41.9% |
| Bethlehem Elementary School Bethlehem | 641 | 61.5% | 38.2% |
| Sharon Elementary School Loganville | 712 | 56.0% | 53.3% |
| White Oak Elementary School Newnan | 712 | 60.5% | 43.4% |
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 Cartersville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bartow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #452 of 1,208 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #359 of 1,215 ▲ 77 | #4 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #445 of 1,215 ▲ 28 | #5 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #372 of 1,183 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #527 of 1,324 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #894 of 1,301 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #178 of 1,301 | #1 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #926 of 1,312 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.9% | #59 of 854 | #1 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
629
-315 (-33%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 629 | 44.3 | 14.2:1 | 61% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 45 | 14.3:1 | 60% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 954 | 65.1 | 14.7:1 | 56% (530) |
| 2020-21 | 944 | 62 | 15.2:1 | 51% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 62 | 15.3:1 | 59% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 975 | 61 | 16.0:1 | 64% (624) |
| 2010-11 | 982 | 62 | 15.8:1 | 58% (572) |
| 2000-01 | 862 | 53 | 16.3:1 | 44% (375) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 36 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cartersville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (952 to 629); teachers down 29% (62 to 44.3).
About Cartersville Elementary School
Cartersville Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Cartersville, Georgia. The school offers grades 4 through 5 and enrolls 629 students.
Enrollment across the 4 schools in Cartersville City totals 4,686 students.
About 46% of students at Cartersville Elementary School are White, the largest single group. Other reported shares: 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 8% multiracial. Bartow County's residents are about 76% White, 30 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.2 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Bartow County average a similar 62%.
The model predicts 45.6% for a school in Georgia with Cartersville Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Cartersville Elementary School posts 44.4%.
In the wider Bartow County area, the median household earns about $82,243 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Cartersville Elementary School shares Bartow County with 22 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Cartersville Middle School is about 1.1 miles from Cartersville Elementary School. The five-mile area around Cartersville Elementary School holds 7 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 40.2%, lower than Cartersville Elementary School's 44.4%.
In the federal locale system, Cartersville Elementary School is coded Suburb: Small, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cartersville Elementary School had a net loss of 315 students, or 33%. The school's ratio dropped from 15.2:1 to 14.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Cartersville Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bartow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,113
Census ACS
Median income
$82,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
18,705 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cartersville City
- Cartersville Primary SchoolElementary · 1,507 students
- Cartersville High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Cartersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
Other schools in Cartersville
- Cartersville Primary SchoolElementary · 1,507 students
- Cartersville High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Cartersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Cass Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hamilton Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Cartersville Middle School1.1 mi · 1,081
- Cartersville High School2.0 mi · 1,469
- Woodland High School2.3 mi · 1,456
- Cartersville Primary School2.7 mi · 1,507
- Red Top Middle School3.4 mi · 569
- Emerson Elementary School3.5 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About Cartersville Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cartersville Elementary School?
Cartersville Elementary School enrolls approximately 629 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Cartersville Elementary School serve?
Cartersville Elementary School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cartersville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cartersville Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cartersville Elementary School?
At Cartersville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Cartersville Elementary School public or private?
Cartersville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cartersville City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.