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If you could change one rule at Chestatee Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,159
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,008 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORSYTH COUNTY·NCES 130222002881
Chestatee Elementary
6945 Keith Bridge Rd, Gainesville, GA 30506 · (770) 887-2341 · Forsyth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,159 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
492 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 23 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 168 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 173 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 162 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 220 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 221 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 192 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (168) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (192).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Chestatee Elementary→Little Mill Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Forsyth County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -8.5pp since 2021
Math
53.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 48.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.2% | 50.4% |
| 2021-22 | 48.6% | 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
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Chestatee Elementary
Chestatee Elementary's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestatee Elementary this school | 1,159 | 42.5% | 43.3% |
| Central Elementary School Carrollton | 991 | 43.6% | 65.0% |
| Liberty Elementary School Canton | 977 | 40.7% | 52.9% |
| Chestnut Mountain Elementary School Flowery Branch | 918 | 41.4% | 46.9% |
| Ebenezer Elementary School Rincon | 995 | 49.1% | 58.0% |
| Indian Knoll Elementary Canton | 881 | 35.3% | 57.9% |
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 Chestatee Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Forsyth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #478 of 1,208 | #22 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #350 of 1,215 ▲ 96 | #22 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #469 of 1,215 ▲ 54 | #22 of 23 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.3pp | #266 of 1,183 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,159 | #32 of 1,324 | #6 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #903 of 1,301 | #8 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #947 of 1,301 | #22 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #1,104 of 1,312 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.8% | #122 of 386 | #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
1,159
-45 (-4%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 1,013
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 1,159 | 81.5 | 14.2:1 | 42% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 1,216 | 80 | 15.2:1 | 46% (558) |
| 2022-23 | 1,228 | 81.2 | 15.1:1 | 30% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 1,204 | 83 | 14.5:1 | 33% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 992 | 69 | 14.4:1 | 39% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 994 | 64 | 15.5:1 | 47% (463) |
| 2010-11 | 1,013 | 67 | 15.1:1 | 39% (397) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chestatee Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (992 to 1,159); teachers up 18% (69 to 81.5).
About Chestatee Elementary
Chestatee Elementary is a large elementary school that serves part of Gainesville, Georgia. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 1,159 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Within Forsyth County, Chestatee Elementary is one of 42 schools. The district enrolls 54,864 students.
White students are 75% of those enrolled at Chestatee Elementary. Other reported shares: 19% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 64% White among all Forsyth County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
Based on 81.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Chestatee Elementary has a ratio of 14.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 42% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Forsyth County is 21%.
Chestatee Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (43.3%) and its predicted rate (55.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Looking at the county, Forsyth County, the median household earns about $143,784 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Counting Chestatee Elementary, Forsyth County has 42 public schools.
Chestatee Elementary's nearest public school is East Forsyth High School (about 2.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.4%; Chestatee Elementary's is 43.3%, ranking 8th of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The school shrank from 1,204 students in 2020-21 to 1,159 in 2024-25.
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Forsyth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
267,287
Census ACS
Median income
$143,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
54,864 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Forsyth County
- Lambert High SchoolHigh · 3,249 students
- South Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,634 students
- Denmark High SchoolHigh · 2,527 students
- West Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,503 students
- Forsyth Central High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- North Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 2,151 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
Nearby schools
- East Forsyth High School2.3 mi · 1,588
- Little Mill Middle School3.5 mi · 916
- Kilough Elementary School5.1 mi · 461
- North Forsyth Middle School6.3 mi · 1,164
- Black's Mill Elementary School6.3 mi · 570
- Coal Mountain Elementary School6.4 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About Chestatee ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chestatee Elementary?
Chestatee Elementary enrolls approximately 1,159 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Chestatee Elementary serve?
Chestatee Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chestatee Elementary have?
Chestatee Elementary employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Chestatee Elementary?
Student demographics at Chestatee Elementary are roughly 75% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Chestatee Elementary in?
Chestatee Elementary is part of Forsyth County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.