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Alumni: what's one memory from Elm Street Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COWETA COUNTY·NCES 130150000762
Elm Street Elementary School
46 Elm St, Newnan, GA 30263 · (770) 254-2865 · Coweta County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
14.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
263 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 28 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
53.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.9pp since 2021
Math
59.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 57.4% |
| 2022-23 | 52.9% | 56.2% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 55.5% |
% 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
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Elm Street Elementary School
Elm Street Elementary School's state test result (57.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Street Elementary School this school | 477 | 55.1% | 57.5% |
| David L Rainer Elementary School Kingsland | 496 | 55.2% | 48.3% |
| Wright Elementary School Moultrie | 554 | 50.5% | 57.1% |
| Lillian C. Poole Elementary School Dallas | 460 | 61.7% | 34.8% |
| Villa Rica Elementary School Villa Rica | 513 | 62.6% | 45.3% |
| McGarity Elementary School Hiram | 572 | 58.0% | 36.0% |
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 Elm Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Coweta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #225 of 1,208 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #256 of 1,215 ▲ 36 | #7 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #225 of 1,215 ▼ 4 | #5 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #721 of 1,183 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #910 of 1,324 | #10 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #962 of 1,301 | #13 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #343 of 1,301 | #6 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #995 of 1,312 | #9 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #605 of 854 | #8 of 11 |
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
477
+47 (+11%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 477 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 55% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 52% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 47% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 40% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 33.2 | 15.6:1 | 46% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 47% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 53% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 35% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elm Street Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (518 to 477); teachers down 1% (33.2 to 33).
About Elm Street Elementary School
Newnan, Georgia, is home to Elm Street Elementary School, a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 477 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 21% smaller than average.
Elm Street Elementary School is in Coweta County, a district with 23,064 students across 29 schools.
A majority of students at Elm Street Elementary School, 52%, are White. The remaining shares are 24% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Coweta County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Elm Street Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Dividing enrollment by its 33 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. Eligible students account for 55% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Coweta County average 46%.
The allk12 Grade for Elm Street Elementary School is A-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 79% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Elm Street Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.5%, compared with a predicted 48.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Coweta County has these Census figures: median household income is about $95,548, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Coweta County number 31 and enroll about 23,423.
The next-closest public school is Evans Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Elm Street Elementary School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Elm Street Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Elm Street Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Elm Street Elementary School went from 430 students to 477.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Coweta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
152,852
Census ACS
Median income
$95,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coweta County
- East Coweta High SchoolHigh · 3,001 students
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Blake Bass Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
Other schools in Newnan
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Brooks ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Madras Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
Other Elm Street Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Elm Street Elementary. Elm Street Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Elm Street ElementaryRome, GA · 558 students
- Elm Street ElementaryOxnard, CA · 471 students
- Elm Street Elementary SchoolPainesville, OH · 429 students
- ELM STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWAVERLY, NY · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Evans Middle School0.8 mi · 736
- Ruth Hill Elementary School0.9 mi · 346
- Atkinson Elementary School1.2 mi · 398
- Newnan High School1.3 mi · 2,214
- Jefferson Parkway Elementary School2.3 mi · 450
- Smokey Road Middle School2.6 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Elm Street Elementary SchoolHow large is Elm Street Elementary School?
Elm Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Elm Street Elementary School serve?
Elm Street Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Elm Street Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Elm Street Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elm Street Elementary School?
At Elm Street Elementary School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 17% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Elm Street Elementary School public or private?
Elm Street Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coweta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.