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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Dawnville Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570001826
Dawnville Elementary School
1380 Dawnville Rd NE, Dalton, GA 30721 · (706) 259-3914 · Whitfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
413 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
23.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -12.5pp since 2021
Math
23.1%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 23.6% | 23.6% |
| 2021-22 | 35.5% | 29.2% |
% 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
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Dawnville Elementary School
Dawnville Elementary School's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawnville Elementary School this school | 413 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary Dalton | 399 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School Dalton | 451 | 100.0% | 48.7% |
| Baldwin Elementary School Baldwin | 422 | 100.0% | 34.3% |
| Funston Elementary School Funston | 376 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
| Jackson Elementary School Roswell | 489 | 100.0% | 36.3% |
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 Dawnville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #924 of 1,208 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,002 of 1,215 ▼ 26 | #19 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #930 of 1,215 ▼ 180 | #17 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.3pp | #38 of 1,183 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #1,069 of 1,324 | #14 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #183 of 1,301 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #575 of 1,301 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #436 of 1,312 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #316 of 854 | #3 of 16 |
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
413
-36 (-8%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 413 | 35.9 | 11.5:1 | 100% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 38.5 | 11.0:1 | 84% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 36.4 | 11.7:1 | 79% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 449 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 77% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 40 | 12.4:1 | 81% (402) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 87% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 84% (478) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 68% (355) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dawnville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (495 to 413); teachers down 10% (40 to 35.9).
About Dawnville Elementary School
At 1380 Dawnville Rd NE in Dalton, Georgia, Dawnville Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 413 students. The school's enrollment is 32% smaller than the 605 average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Dawnville Elementary School reports to Whitfield County, which has 22 schools and 11,942 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Dawnville Elementary School, with 54% of enrollment. It is also 36% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Whitfield County's residents are about 37% Hispanic, 17 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.5:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. Among public schools in Whitfield County, the average eligibility rate is 83%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Dawnville Elementary School, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 25.4%.
Whitfield County has these Census figures: the median household income is $67,070, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Whitfield County has 33 public schools and roughly 19,570 students.
The closest public school, Cedar Ridge Elementary, is about 3.4 miles from Dawnville Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Dawnville Elementary School places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment decrease, from 449 in 2020-21 to 413 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 12.8 in 2020-21 to 11.5 in 2024-25.
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Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other schools in Dalton
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
Nearby schools
- Cedar Ridge Elementary3.4 mi · 399
- Hammond Creek Middle School3.5 mi · 1,057
- Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center3.6 mi · 9
- Phoenix High School3.6 mi · 141
- Woodlawn Elementary School3.8 mi · 498
- Bagley Middle School3.9 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About Dawnville Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dawnville Elementary School?
Dawnville Elementary School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dawnville Elementary School serve?
Dawnville Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dawnville Elementary School have?
Dawnville Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dawnville Elementary School?
At Dawnville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 36% White, 54% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Dawnville Elementary School?
Dawnville Elementary School is overseen by Whitfield County in Whitfield County.
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