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Enrollment
639
Elementary
DISTRICT 598 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKDALE COUNTY·NCES 130441001585
Flat Shoals Elementary School
1455 Flat Shoals Rd SE, Conyers, GA 30013 · (770) 483-5136 · Rockdale County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL639 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
582 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
26.3%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.9pp since 2021
Math
24.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 24.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 27.9% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 31.2% | 26.4% |
% 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Flat Shoals Elementary School
Flat Shoals Elementary School's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Shoals Elementary School this school | 639 | 91.1% | 27.8% |
| Otis J Brock III Elementary School Savannah | 568 | 88.7% | 21.4% |
| North Douglas Elementary School Douglasville | 537 | 88.3% | 28.7% |
| Butler Elementary School Savannah | 524 | 89.3% | 23.0% |
| J. L. Lomax Elementary School Valdosta | 576 | 97.7% | 20.1% |
| Factory Shoals Elementary School Lithia Springs | 697 | 87.5% | 27.5% |
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 Flat Shoals Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Rockdale County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #862 of 1,208 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #977 of 1,215 ▼ 78 | #8 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #839 of 1,215 ▼ 123 | #6 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #208 of 1,183 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 639 | #507 of 1,324 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #456 of 1,301 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #920 of 1,301 | #10 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #571 of 1,312 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #528 of 854 | #9 of 10 |
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
639
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 674
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 639 | 50.1 | 12.8:1 | 91% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 56 | 11.0:1 | 81% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 63.2 | 9.2:1 | 70% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 65% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 58.5 | 12.2:1 | 71% (502) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 59 | 12.5:1 | 76% (560) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 73% (501) |
| 2000-01 | 804 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 31% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 674 | 38 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flat Shoals Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (711 to 639); teachers down 14% (58.5 to 50.1).
About Flat Shoals Elementary School
Flat Shoals Elementary School is an elementary school located in Conyers, Georgia, in Rockdale County. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 639 students on the rolls.
Rockdale County, which runs Flat Shoals Elementary School, has 18 schools and 15,342 students.
About 74% of the student body at Flat Shoals Elementary School is Black. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. By comparison, Rockdale County residents are about 58% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
Flat Shoals Elementary School lists 50.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.8 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 91% of the student body.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Flat Shoals Elementary School would score about 30.3%. It scores 27.8%, 2.5 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Rockdale County, the median household earns about $77,247 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Rockdale County has 19 public schools with about 15,355 students, including Flat Shoals Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Flat Shoals Elementary School is closest to Peek's Chapel Elementary, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Flat Shoals Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Flat Shoals Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 639, compared with 688 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.8:1.
The discussion board for Flat Shoals Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Rockdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,281
Census ACS
Median income
$77,247
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
15,355 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockdale County
- Rockdale County High SchoolHigh · 2,336 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Conyers Middle SchoolMiddle · 943 students
- Edwards Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- Hicks Elementary SchoolElementary · 878 students
Other schools in Conyers
- Rockdale County High SchoolHigh · 2,336 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Conyers Middle SchoolMiddle · 943 students
- Edwards Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- Hicks Elementary SchoolElementary · 878 students
Other Flat Shoals Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Flat Shoals Elementary. Flat Shoals Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Flat Shoals Elementary SchoolDecatur, GA · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Peek's Chapel Elementary1.3 mi · 591
- Memorial Middle School2.1 mi · 774
- Hicks Elementary School2.4 mi · 878
- Rockdale County High School2.6 mi · 2,336
- Salem High School2.6 mi · 1,118
- Edwards Middle School2.7 mi · 934
Frequently asked questions
About Flat Shoals Elementary SchoolHow large is Flat Shoals Elementary School?
Flat Shoals Elementary School enrolls approximately 639 students in grades PK-05.
Is Flat Shoals Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Flat Shoals Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Flat Shoals Elementary School have?
Flat Shoals Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Flat Shoals Elementary School?
Student demographics at Flat Shoals Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 14% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Flat Shoals Elementary School in?
Flat Shoals Elementary School is part of Rockdale County.
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