Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111000428
Clayton Elementary School
221 Upper Burris Rd, Canton, GA 30114 · (770) 721-5860 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
126 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 9 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
47.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.2pp since 2021
Math
67.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 67.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 64.6% |
| 2022-23 | 37.8% | 58.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.4% | 56.6% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 Clayton Elementary School
Clayton Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Elementary School this school | 290 | 43.4% | 55.4% |
| Fairyland Elementary School Lookout Mountain | 294 | 36.1% | 84.4% |
| Union Elementary School Temple | 346 | 50.9% | 47.9% |
| Free Home Elementary School Canton | 280 | 32.9% | 51.8% |
| Thomas Crossroads Elementary School Sharpsburg | 352 | 33.0% | 64.9% |
| Battlefield Elementary School Fort Oglethorpe | 426 | 49.8% | 40.2% |
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 Clayton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #254 of 1,208 | #10 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #157 of 1,215 ▲ 34 | #8 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #308 of 1,215 ▲ 179 | #11 of 23 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #238 of 1,183 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #1,250 of 1,324 | #23 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #388 of 1,301 | #6 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #1,038 of 1,301 | #21 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.4% | #1,097 of 1,312 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.6% | #69 of 386 | #3 of 12 |
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
290
+37 (+15%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 335
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
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 | 290 | 23.3 | 12.4:1 | 43% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 24.8 | 12.6:1 | 46% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 24.1 | 12.7:1 | 37% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 22 | 11.5:1 | 30% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 19.6 | 11.7:1 | 32% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 39% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 34% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 21% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 18 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clayton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (229 to 290); teachers up 19% (19.6 to 23.3).
About Clayton Elementary School
Clayton Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in Canton, Georgia. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 290 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students.
Cherokee County counts 42,031 students in its 37 schools, and Clayton Elementary School is one of them.
Clayton Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 81% White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Clayton Elementary School has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Clayton Elementary School operates with 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.4:1. That ratio is under the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Clayton Elementary School reports 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Clayton Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (55.4% versus 54.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Federal survey data for Cherokee County show that median household income is about $108,115, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clayton Elementary School is among the 38 public schools in Cherokee County.
The school nearest to Clayton Elementary School is R. M. Moore Elementary School, at a distance of about 2.3 miles. Within five miles of Clayton Elementary School, there are 2 other public schools. Clayton Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Clayton Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 15%, from 253 to 290.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Clayton Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Canton
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Teasley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,586 students
- Dean Rusk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,543 students
- Creekland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,503 students
Other Clayton Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Clayton Elementary. Clayton Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Clayton Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 637 students
- Clayton Elementary SchoolClayton, DE · 487 students
- Clayton Elementary SchoolENGLEWOOD, CO · 402 students
- Clayton ElementaryNeenah, WI · 206 students
- Clayton ElementaryClayton, WI · 124 students
Nearby schools
- R. M. Moore Elementary School2.3 mi · 1,042
- Teasley Middle School4.8 mi · 1,586
- Ball Ground Elementary School6.0 mi · 663
- William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School6.5 mi · 1,119
- Cherokee High School6.8 mi · 3,012
- Harmony Elementary School7.7 mi · 509
Frequently asked questions
About Clayton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clayton Elementary School?
Clayton Elementary School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
Is Clayton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clayton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Clayton Elementary School have?
Clayton Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Clayton Elementary School?
Student demographics at Clayton Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Clayton Elementary School in?
Clayton Elementary School is part of Cherokee County.
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