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Enrollment
548
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HABERSHAM COUNTY·NCES 130258001151
Demorest Elementary School
3116 Demorest Mount Airy Hwy, Demorest, GA 30535 · (706) 778-4126 · Habersham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL548 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
517 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
55%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
47.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.8pp since 2021
Math
51.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 57.3% |
| 2022-23 | 43.6% | 53.9% |
| 2021-22 | 49.8% | 51.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Demorest Elementary School
Demorest Elementary School's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demorest Elementary School this school | 548 | 94.3% | 52.8% |
| Belwood Elementary School Calhoun | 530 | 98.9% | 36.1% |
| New Hope Elementary School Dalton | 511 | 90.4% | 46.8% |
| Youngs Grove Elementary School Cedartown | 490 | 96.1% | 33.3% |
| Shiver Elementary School Pelham | 579 | 92.2% | 45.7% |
| Tolbert Elementary School Resaca | 528 | 99.1% | 39.9% |
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 Demorest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Habersham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #299 of 1,208 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #369 of 1,215 ▼ 73 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #316 of 1,215 ▲ 13 | #2 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.4pp | #324 of 1,183 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 548 | #739 of 1,324 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #529 of 1,301 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #647 of 1,301 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.3% | #532 of 1,312 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #161 of 386 | N/A |
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
548
+51 (+10%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 548 | 42.1 | 13.0:1 | 94% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 40.5 | 13.0:1 | 75% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 40.7 | 13.3:1 | 64% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 40 | 12.4:1 | 58% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 38.5 | 12.7:1 | 60% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 63% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 59% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 33% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 24 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Demorest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (489 to 548); teachers up 9% (38.5 to 42.1).
About Demorest Elementary School
Demorest Elementary School sits in Demorest, Georgia, and is classified as an elementary school. The school counted 548 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Habersham County runs 14 schools with a combined 7,257 students. Demorest Elementary School is one of them.
The share of White students at Demorest Elementary School is 60%, a majority. Smaller groups are 29% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian, and 2% Black. For comparison, the population of Habersham County is roughly 79% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Demorest Elementary School has 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.0:1. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 94% at Demorest Elementary School.
On the allk12 Grade, Demorest Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 28.6%. Demorest Elementary School posts 52.8%, 24.2 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In Habersham County, median household income comes to about $67,309, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Habersham County counts 13 public schools with about 6,835 students.
Among nearby public schools, Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School is closest at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Demorest Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Demorest Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Demorest Elementary School had a net gain of 51 students, or 10%.
The allk12 page for Demorest Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Habersham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,793
Census ACS
Median income
$67,309
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Habersham County
- Habersham Central High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Level Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 591 students
- Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
- Habersham Ninth Grade AcademyHigh · 552 students
- North Habersham Middle SchoolMiddle · 542 students
- Cornelia Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
Other schools in Demorest
- Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Hilliard A. Wilbanks Middle School0.3 mi · 566
- Habersham Ninth Grade Academy1.8 mi · 552
- Habersham Success Academy1.8 mi · 75
- Habersham Central High School2.0 mi · 1,611
- Cornelia Elementary School2.9 mi · 491
- Fairview Elementary School3.1 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Demorest Elementary SchoolHow large is Demorest Elementary School?
Demorest Elementary School enrolls approximately 548 students in grades PK-05.
Is Demorest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Demorest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Demorest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Demorest Elementary School is approximately 13.0:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Demorest Elementary School?
Demorest Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 29% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Demorest Elementary School?
Demorest Elementary School is overseen by Habersham County in Habersham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.