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How has Cotton Indian Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282002128
Cotton Indian Elementary School
1201 Old Conyers Rd, Stockbridge, GA 30281 · (770) 474-9983 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
13.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
438 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
20.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.3pp since 2021
Math
25.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 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 up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.5% | 25.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 21.9% |
| 2022-23 | 14.9% | 15.6% |
| 2021-22 | 17.3% | 10.9% |
% 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
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Cotton Indian Elementary School
Cotton Indian Elementary School's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Indian Elementary School this school | 545 | 80.4% | 22.6% |
| Arbor Station Elementary School Douglasville | 544 | 74.8% | 35.0% |
| Mount Carmel Elementary School Hampton | 547 | 76.6% | 33.8% |
| Britt Elementary School Snellville | 561 | 79.7% | 30.4% |
| Stockbridge Elementary School Stockbridge | 485 | 80.6% | 21.8% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School Stockbridge | 522 | 73.9% | 29.4% |
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 Cotton Indian Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #977 of 1,208 | #22 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #951 of 1,215 ▲ 53 | #20 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,000 of 1,215 ▼ 23 | #26 of 28 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #179 of 1,183 | #2 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #753 of 1,324 | #21 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #703 of 1,301 | #8 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.8% | #420 of 1,301 | #7 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #710 of 1,312 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #269 of 854 | #5 of 19 |
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
545
-78 (-13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 545 | 40.1 | 13.6:1 | 80% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 36.6 | 15.1:1 | 82% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 39.5 | 14.5:1 | 67% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 60% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 69% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 66% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 48 | 15.1:1 | 61% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 11% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 26 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cotton Indian Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (667 to 545); teachers down 15% (47 to 40.1).
About Cotton Indian Elementary School
Cotton Indian Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Stockbridge, Georgia. Enrollment totals 545 students across pre-K through 5.
The district, Henry County, operates 53 schools serving 43,012 students.
Federal enrollment data show Cotton Indian Elementary School is 56% Black. The next largest groups are 23% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Henry County overall, the Black share is about 52%. A diversity index of 62% means there is a 62% chance two randomly chosen students at Cotton Indian Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 40.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.6 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. There are 438 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 80% of enrollment. That is higher than the 63% average for public schools in Henry County.
On the allk12 Grade, Cotton Indian Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Cotton Indian Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.6% is 13.2 points below the 35.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Henry County show median household income comes to about $83,146, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 54 public schools and about 43,102 students.
Of the public schools around it, Cotton Indian Elementary School is closest to Stockbridge High School, about 0.2 miles away. Cotton Indian Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cotton Indian Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 22.6% against a local average of 25.2%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 623 to 545, a 13% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Cotton Indian Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in Stockbridge
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,251 students
- General Ray Davis Middle SchoolMiddle · 874 students
- Woodland Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Stockbridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Red Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Nearby schools
- Stockbridge High School0.2 mi · 1,456
- Stockbridge Middle School1.2 mi · 673
- Stockbridge Elementary School2.2 mi · 485
- Woodland Elementary School2.5 mi · 491
- Woodland Middle School2.6 mi · 679
- Smith-Barnes Elementary School2.6 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Cotton Indian Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cotton Indian Elementary School?
Cotton Indian Elementary School enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cotton Indian Elementary School serve?
Cotton Indian Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cotton Indian Elementary School have?
Cotton Indian Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cotton Indian Elementary School?
At Cotton Indian Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 23% Hispanic, 56% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Cotton Indian Elementary School?
Cotton Indian Elementary School is overseen by Henry County in Henry County.
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