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What's the most underrated thing about Flippen Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282002918
Flippen Elementary School
425 Peach Dr, McDonough, GA 30253 · (770) 954-3522 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
389 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 | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
56%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
30.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.3pp since 2021
Math
34.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.2% | 28.2% |
| 2022-23 | 25.8% | 25.2% |
| 2021-22 | 23.4% | 25.6% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Flippen Elementary School
Flippen Elementary School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flippen Elementary School this school | 559 | 69.6% | 32.0% |
| North Fayette Elementary School Fayetteville | 616 | 67.9% | 50.4% |
| Mirror Lake Elementary School Villa Rica | 554 | 67.7% | 36.5% |
| Fayetteville Elementary School Fayetteville | 507 | 64.7% | 49.1% |
| Pate's Creek Elementary School Stockbridge | 497 | 67.0% | 22.5% |
| Lorraine Elementary School Stockbridge | 571 | 73.2% | 35.8% |
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 Flippen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #750 of 1,208 | #10 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #747 of 1,215 ▲ 137 | #10 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #699 of 1,215 ▼ 8 | #11 of 28 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.1pp | #212 of 1,183 | #4 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #706 of 1,324 | #19 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #441 of 1,301 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #629 of 1,301 | #12 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #838 of 1,312 | #18 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #357 of 854 | #9 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
559
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 559 | 44.1 | 12.7:1 | 70% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 39.3 | 14.9:1 | 73% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 37.8 | 15.1:1 | 57% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 42% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 43.3 | 15.2:1 | 50% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 46% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 38% (272) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Flippen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (660 to 559); teachers up 2% (43.3 to 44.1).
About Flippen Elementary School
McDonough, Georgia, is home to Flippen Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 559 students on the rolls.
District-wide, Henry County has 53 schools and 43,012 students.
The share of Black students at Flippen Elementary School is 63%, a majority. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 11% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 52% Black share among all Henry County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
There are 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Flippen Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.7:1. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. By family income, 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Flippen Elementary School would score about 41.4%. It scores 32.0%, 9.4 points below that figure.
For the population of Henry County, the median household earns about $83,146 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Flippen Elementary School shares Henry County with 53 other public schools.
Eagle's Landing High School sits about 0.6 miles from Flippen Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Flippen Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 560 in 2020-21 and 559 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 14.4:1 to 12.7:1.
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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 McDonough
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
- Ola Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,039 students
- Union Grove MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
Nearby schools
- Eagle's Landing High School0.6 mi · 1,578
- Eagle's Landing Middle School0.7 mi · 974
- Hickory Flat Elementary School2.0 mi · 560
- Pate's Creek Elementary School2.5 mi · 497
- Birch Creek Elementary School2.9 mi · 745
- Walnut Creek Elementary3.1 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Flippen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Flippen Elementary School?
Flippen Elementary School enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-05.
Is Flippen Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Flippen Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Flippen Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Flippen Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Flippen Elementary School?
Student demographics at Flippen Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 18% Hispanic, 63% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Flippen Elementary School in?
Flippen Elementary School is part of Henry County.
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