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Which teacher or staff member at Cherokee Ridge Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALKER COUNTY·NCES 130537002287
Cherokee Ridge Elementary
2423 Johnson Rd, Chickamauga, GA 30707 · (706) 375-9831 · Walker County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
11.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
548 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 30 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
24.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
26.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -7.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 31.3% |
| 2022-23 | 29.1% | 29.5% |
| 2021-22 | 28.2% | 34.2% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 Cherokee Ridge Elementary
Cherokee Ridge Elementary's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Ridge Elementary this school | 548 | 100.0% | 32.6% |
| Tallapoosa Primary School Tallapoosa | 487 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Buchanan Primary School Buchanan | 476 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Gilbert Elementary School La Fayette | 476 | 100.0% | 30.9% |
| Towns County Elementary School Hiawassee | 490 | 96.1% | 49.3% |
| Carnesville Elementary School Carnesville | 637 | 100.0% | 45.9% |
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 Cherokee Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Walker County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #730 of 1,208 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #929 of 1,215 ▼ 122 | #9 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #874 of 1,215 ▼ 226 | #9 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #114 of 1,183 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #740 of 1,324 | #2 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #200 of 1,301 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #1,096 of 1,301 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #425 of 1,312 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #397 of 854 | #3 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
548
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 548 | 47.3 | 11.6:1 | 100% (548) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 47.5 | 11.6:1 | 84% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 46.2 | 12.2:1 | 73% (408) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 45 | 12.3:1 | 75% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 53.6 | 11.9:1 | 75% (478) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 80% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 77% (614) |
| 2000-01 | 802 | 34 | 23.6:1 | 59% (477) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cherokee Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (639 to 548); teachers down 12% (53.6 to 47.3).
About Cherokee Ridge Elementary
Cherokee Ridge Elementary is an elementary school in Chickamauga, Georgia, according to federal school records. It reports enrollment of 548 students in pre-K through 5.
Walker County is made up of 15 schools with 8,379 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, Cherokee Ridge Elementary is 84% White. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cherokee Ridge Elementary scores 28%.
There are 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.6:1. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 1.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Walker County, the average eligibility rate is 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cherokee Ridge Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 42% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Cherokee Ridge Elementary is +6.9 points: 32.6% actual, 25.7% predicted.
Walker County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $59,469, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 9,637, Cherokee Ridge Elementary among them.
The closest school to Cherokee Ridge Elementary is Chickamauga Elementary School, located about 1.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 46.2% on proficiency, and Cherokee Ridge Elementary is below that at 32.6%.
Cherokee Ridge Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Cherokee Ridge Elementary enrolled 554; in 2024-25, 548.
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Walker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,762
Census ACS
Median income
$59,469
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,637 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walker County
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- LaFayette High SchoolHigh · 1,157 students
- Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 772 students
- LaFayette Middle SchoolMiddle · 499 students
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Chattanooga Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 449 students
Other schools in Chickamauga
- Chickamauga Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Gordon Lee High SchoolHigh · 410 students
- Gordon Lee Middle SchoolMiddle · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Chickamauga Elementary School1.3 mi · 544
- Gordon Lee Middle School1.3 mi · 304
- Gordon Lee High School1.4 mi · 410
- Rossville Middle School3.7 mi · 446
- Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School4.2 mi · 772
- Ridgeland High School4.4 mi · 1,284
Frequently asked questions
About Cherokee Ridge ElementaryHow many students attend Cherokee Ridge Elementary?
Cherokee Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cherokee Ridge Elementary serve?
Cherokee Ridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cherokee Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Cherokee Ridge Elementary.
How diverse is Cherokee Ridge Elementary?
Cherokee Ridge Elementary reports a student body of 84% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Cherokee Ridge Elementary?
Cherokee Ridge Elementary is overseen by Walker County in Walker County.
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