Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570003844
Cedar Ridge Elementary
311 Cedar Ridge Rd SE, Dalton, GA 30721 · (706) 712-8400 · Whitfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
399 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 50 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
28.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.3pp since 2021
Math
33.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 33.7% |
| 2023-24 | 31.8% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.1% | 30.6% |
| 2021-22 | 34.9% | 25.4% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Cedar Ridge Elementary
Cedar Ridge Elementary's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge Elementary this school | 399 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| Dawnville Elementary School Dalton | 413 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School Dalton | 451 | 100.0% | 48.7% |
| Baldwin Elementary School Baldwin | 422 | 100.0% | 34.3% |
| Antioch Elementary School Dalton | 446 | 100.0% | 31.1% |
| Dug Gap Elementary School Dalton | 356 | 97.8% | 44.4% |
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 Cedar Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #763 of 1,208 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #767 of 1,215 ▲ 52 | #15 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #764 of 1,215 ▼ 39 | #14 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #680 of 1,183 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #1,095 of 1,324 | #15 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #230 of 1,301 | #8 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #706 of 1,301 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #441 of 1,312 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #223 of 854 | #1 of 16 |
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
399
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 399 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 100% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 31.8 | 11.5:1 | 92% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 373 | 33.4 | 11.2:1 | 85% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 35 | 11.5:1 | 82% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 37.2 | 13.6:1 | 87% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 90% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 84% (449) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (504 to 399); teachers down 9% (37.2 to 34).
About Cedar Ridge Elementary
Cedar Ridge Elementary is an elementary school located in Dalton, Georgia, in Whitfield County. Federal data show 399 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students, which makes this school 34% below average.
Whitfield County runs Cedar Ridge Elementary along with 21 other schools, enrolling 11,942 students in total.
About 59% of the student body at Cedar Ridge Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups make up 35% White and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 37% of Whitfield County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 53% means there is a 53% chance two randomly chosen students at Cedar Ridge Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. The school reported 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Whitfield County report 83%.
On BeatsExpectations, Cedar Ridge Elementary is 5.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Whitfield County show that the median household earns about $67,070 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Whitfield County has 33 public schools with about 19,570 students, including Cedar Ridge Elementary.
Phoenix High School is about 2.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Cedar Ridge Elementary places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
In the federal locale system, Cedar Ridge Elementary is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment went from 403 in 2020-21 to 399 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students.
On allk12, people connected to Cedar Ridge Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other schools in Dalton
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
Other Cedar Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cedar Ridge Elementary. Cedar Ridge Elementary is the 9th largest of the 11.
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolGrovetown, GA · 1,060 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 557 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYBRANSON, MO · 517 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolPUEBLO WEST, CO · 458 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MO · 453 students
Nearby schools
- Phoenix High School2.2 mi · 141
- Eastside Elementary School2.6 mi · 579
- Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center2.8 mi · 9
- Eastbrook Middle School3.2 mi · 624
- The Dalton Academy3.3 mi · 469
- Dalton Jr. High School3.3 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Ridge ElementaryHow many students attend Cedar Ridge Elementary?
Cedar Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cedar Ridge Elementary serve?
Cedar Ridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cedar Ridge Elementary have?
Cedar Ridge Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cedar Ridge Elementary?
At Cedar Ridge Elementary, the student body is approximately 35% White, 59% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Cedar Ridge Elementary public or private?
Cedar Ridge Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Whitfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.