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Clear Creek Elementary School
- B-Test 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.
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 48.1% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 52.7% |
| 2021-22 | 30.4% | 51.2% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
Schools most like Clear Creek Elementary School
Clear Creek Elementary School's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Elementary School this school | 614 | 64.3% | 38.4% |
| Euharlee Elementary School Euharlee | 574 | 61.7% | 46.8% |
| East Jackson Elementary School Commerce | 634 | 62.3% | 55.0% |
| Trion Elementary School Trion | 607 | 61.9% | 61.0% |
| Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary Rockmart | 637 | 61.9% | 43.1% |
| Cottrell Elementary School Dahlonega | 583 | 60.9% | 44.3% |
Where Clear Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bartow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #585 of 1,208 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #552 of 1,215 ▼ 100 | #11 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #715 of 1,215 ▼ 40 | #13 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.1pp | #173 of 1,183 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #559 of 1,324 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #556 of 1,301 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #930 of 1,301 | #10 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #893 of 1,312 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #298 of 386 | #7 of 7 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 614 | 46.9 | 13.1:1 | 64% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 47 | 14.0:1 | 67% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 675 | 46.6 | 14.5:1 | 52% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 48% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 42.4 | 14.0:1 | 50% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 572 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 57% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 62% (339) |
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (592 to 614); teachers up 11% (42.4 to 46.9).
About Clear Creek Elementary School
Clear Creek Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Cartersville, Georgia. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 614 students enrolled.
Bartow County is responsible for 19 schools, Clear Creek Elementary School included, with 14,019 students in all.
White students are the majority at Clear Creek Elementary School, with 75% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. That is close to the 76% White share among all Bartow County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 46.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.1:1. That matches the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 64%. For comparison, public schools in Bartow County average 62%.
Clear Creek Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Clear Creek Elementary School is 5.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.4% actual, 44.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Census Bureau estimates for Bartow County show that the median household income is $82,243, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 23 public schools in Bartow County, enrolling about 18,705 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Cass Middle School is the closest, at about 3.3 miles. Clear Creek Elementary School has 4 other public schools within five miles. The school's 38.4% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Federal data show 615 students in 2020-21 and 614 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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