Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111000438
Free Home Elementary School
12525 Cumming Hwy, Canton, GA 30115 · (770) 721-5960 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
92 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
41.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -10.5pp since 2021
Math
58.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 41 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 58.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 50.3% |
| 2022-23 | 54.1% | 58.2% |
| 2021-22 | 51.5% | 60.4% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Free Home Elementary School
Free Home Elementary School's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Home Elementary School this school | 280 | 32.9% | 51.8% |
| Fairyland Elementary School Lookout Mountain | 294 | 36.1% | 84.4% |
| Thomas Crossroads Elementary School Sharpsburg | 352 | 33.0% | 64.9% |
| Clayton Elementary School Canton | 290 | 43.4% | 55.4% |
| Bremen 4th & 5th Grade Academy Bremen | 341 | 25.5% | 71.6% |
| Tybee Island Maritime Academy School Tybee Island | 432 | 33.1% | 55.8% |
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 Free Home Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #315 of 1,208 | #15 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #262 of 1,215 ▲ 147 | #13 of 23 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #443 of 1,215 ▼ 118 | #18 of 23 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #93 of 1,183 | #2 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #1,256 of 1,324 | #24 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #165 of 1,301 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #1,102 of 1,301 | #23 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.9% | #1,165 of 1,312 | #15 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #422 of 854 | #4 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
280
0 (0%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 280 | 24.7 | 11.3:1 | 33% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 24.5 | 12.2:1 | 32% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 24.4 | 12.8:1 | 23% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 23 | 12.2:1 | 30% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 21.9 | 14.8:1 | 25% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 310 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 32% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 25% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 13% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 296 | 17 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Free Home Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (323 to 280); teachers up 13% (21.9 to 24.7).
About Free Home Elementary School
Free Home Elementary School is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Canton, Georgia. It enrolled 280 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 54% lower than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
The 37 schools of Cherokee County, including Free Home Elementary School, enroll 42,031 students.
White students are the large majority at Free Home Elementary School, with 84% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic. Free Home Elementary School has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.3:1, with 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Free Home Elementary School is 33%.
In Georgia, Free Home Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 51.8% actual against a predicted 60.4%.
Within Cherokee County, median household income is about $108,115, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 38 public schools in Cherokee County, with a combined enrollment of about 42,642.
Creekland Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Free Home Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 51.8% against a local average of 62.0%.
Federal data place Free Home Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 280 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 280.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Free Home Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Canton
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Teasley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,586 students
- Dean Rusk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,543 students
- Creekland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,503 students
Nearby schools
- Creekland Middle School2.5 mi · 1,503
- Creekview High School2.7 mi · 2,039
- Hendricks Middle School3.0 mi · 1,376
- Macedonia Elementary School3.9 mi · 730
- Poole's Mill Elementary4.2 mi · 1,384
- West Forsyth High School4.8 mi · 2,503
Frequently asked questions
About Free Home Elementary SchoolHow large is Free Home Elementary School?
Free Home Elementary School enrolls approximately 280 students in grades PK-05.
Is Free Home Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Free Home Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Free Home Elementary School have?
Free Home Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Free Home Elementary School?
Student demographics at Free Home Elementary School are roughly 84% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Free Home Elementary School in?
Free Home Elementary School is part of Cherokee County.
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