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Enrollment
1,507
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,068 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARTERSVILLE CITY·NCES 130090000343
Cartersville Primary School
200 Carter Grove Blvd, Cartersville, GA 30120 · (770) 382-1733 · Bartow County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,507 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
14.0:1
107 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
897 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 175 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 313 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 301 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 359 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 359 | 24% |
Student demographics
67%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
Cartersville Primary School→Cartersville Elementary School→Cartersville Middle School→Cartersville High School
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
36.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.0pp since 2023
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 are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.2% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 48.8% |
% 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
42.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Cartersville Primary School
Cartersville Primary School's state test result (42.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartersville Primary School this school | 1,507 | 59.5% | 42.4% |
| Carrollton Elementary School Carrollton | 1,894 | 64.5% | 41.6% |
| Clark Creek Elementary School Acworth | 1,108 | 53.3% | 41.1% |
| Rincon Elementary School Rincon | 1,033 | 57.1% | 57.7% |
| WC Abney Elementary Dallas | 1,324 | 48.7% | 41.5% |
| Heroes Elementary School Hoschton | 994 | 51.8% | N/A |
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 Primary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bartow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #502 of 1,208 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #500 of 1,215 ▼ 62 | #10 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #557 of 1,215 ▼ 2 | #8 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,507 | #7 of 1,324 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #844 of 1,301 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #237 of 1,301 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #951 of 1,312 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.0% | #35 of 386 | #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
1,507
+406 (+37%) vs 2020
+95% since 1990-91, when it was 774
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 1,507 | 107.3 | 14.0:1 | 60% (897) |
| 2023-24 | 1,467 | 102 | 14.4:1 | 59% (862) |
| 2022-23 | 1,109 | 78.1 | 14.2:1 | 55% (610) |
| 2020-21 | 1,101 | 79 | 13.9:1 | 52% (569) |
| 2017-18 | 1,100 | 77.3 | 14.2:1 | 57% (632) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 77 | 13.7:1 | 64% (670) |
| 2010-11 | 1,139 | 86 | 13.2:1 | 62% (711) |
| 2000-01 | 1,020 | 61 | 16.7:1 | 44% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 774 | 54 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cartersville Primary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 37% (1,100 to 1,507); teachers up 39% (77.3 to 107.3).
About Cartersville Primary School
Cartersville Primary School is one of the public schools in Cartersville, Georgia. It is a large elementary school. It educates 1,507 students in pre-K through 3. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 149% above average.
Cartersville City runs 4 schools with a combined 4,686 students. Cartersville Primary School is one of them.
Enrollment at Cartersville Primary School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 49%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 7% multiracial. In Bartow County overall, about 76% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Cartersville Primary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1 at Cartersville Primary School, with 107.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 60%. That is close to the 62% average for public schools in Bartow County.
The allk12 Grade for Cartersville Primary School is B-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 45% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Cartersville Primary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 42.4%, compared with a predicted 46.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Bartow County, median household income is about $82,243, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The public schools of Bartow County number 23 and enroll about 18,705.
The closest other public school is Woodland High School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Cartersville Primary School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 42.4% versus a 45.0% average.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Cartersville Primary School had 1,101 students in 2020-21 and 1,507 in 2024-25, a 37% rise.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Cartersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Cartersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 629 students
Other schools in Cartersville
- 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
- Cloverleaf ElementaryElementary · 646 students
Nearby schools
- Woodland High School1.0 mi · 1,456
- Cartersville Middle School1.7 mi · 1,081
- North Paulding High School2.6 mi · 3,015
- Cartersville Elementary School2.7 mi · 629
- Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School2.9 mi · 834
- Burnt Hickory Elementary School3.0 mi · 996
Frequently asked questions
About Cartersville Primary SchoolHow large is Cartersville Primary School?
Cartersville Primary School enrolls approximately 1,507 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does Cartersville Primary School serve?
Cartersville Primary School serves grades PK-03.
How many teachers does Cartersville Primary School have?
Cartersville Primary School employs 107 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Cartersville Primary School?
Student demographics at Cartersville Primary School are roughly 49% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cartersville Primary School?
Cartersville Primary School is overseen by Cartersville City in Bartow County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.