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If you could change one rule at Garden Lakes Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLOYD COUNTY·NCES 130219000945
Garden Lakes Elementary School
2903 Garden Lakes Blvd NW, Rome, GA 30165 · (706) 236-1865 · Floyd County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
13.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
383 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 61 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 7% smaller than its 4th grade class (99).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
52.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +14.3pp since 2021
Math
63.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.3pp 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 63 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 14 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.6% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.3% | 68.6% |
| 2022-23 | 46.8% | 64.9% |
| 2021-22 | 38.3% | 51.0% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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 18 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 Garden Lakes Elementary School
Garden Lakes Elementary School's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Lakes Elementary School this school | 536 | 71.5% | 58.5% |
| Kingston Elementary School Kingston | 473 | 72.9% | 30.1% |
| Mission Road Elementary School Cartersville | 598 | 69.7% | 46.5% |
| Greer Elementary School Brunswick | 599 | 73.8% | 60.9% |
| White Elementary School White | 562 | 68.0% | 43.3% |
| Maysville Elementary School Maysville | 468 | 78.4% | 41.0% |
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 Garden Lakes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Floyd County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #207 of 1,208 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #208 of 1,215 ▼ 67 | #4 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #235 of 1,215 ▲ 81 | #3 of 13 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.3pp | #55 of 1,183 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #778 of 1,324 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #759 of 1,301 | #8 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.6% | #535 of 1,301 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #816 of 1,312 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #169 of 854 | #1 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
536
-141 (-21%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 536 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 71% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 38.6 | 13.3:1 | 65% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 38.6 | 13.4:1 | 61% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 677 | 41 | 16.5:1 | 69% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 68% (479) |
| 2015-16 | 700 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 75% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 68% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 47% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 36 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garden Lakes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (702 to 536); teachers down 9% (43 to 39).
About Garden Lakes Elementary School
Garden Lakes Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Rome, Georgia. It enrolls 536 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 4.
Garden Lakes Elementary School is run by Floyd County, whose 15 schools enroll 8,949 students.
The student body at Garden Lakes Elementary School is 59% White. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 8% Black. Floyd County's residents are about 71% White, 12 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Garden Lakes Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The school has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Federal data show 71% of students (383) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Garden Lakes Elementary School outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations places Garden Lakes Elementary School in the top 10% of Georgia schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 18.1 points above it (58.5% actual, 40.4% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Floyd County show that median household income comes to about $65,565, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 25, with about 15,383 students.
West End Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Garden Lakes Elementary School is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 141 students, from 677 to 536. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.7:1.
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Floyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,693
Census ACS
Median income
$65,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
15,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Floyd County
- Armuchee High SchoolHigh · 953 students
- Model HighHigh · 915 students
- Pepperell High SchoolHigh · 866 students
- Coosa High SchoolHigh · 861 students
- Pepperell ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Model Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
Other schools in Rome
- Rome High SchoolHigh · 1,986 students
- West End Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,005 students
- Armuchee High SchoolHigh · 953 students
- Rome Middle SchoolMiddle · 937 students
- Model HighHigh · 915 students
- Coosa High SchoolHigh · 861 students
Other Garden Lakes Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Garden Lakes Elementary. Garden Lakes Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Garden Lakes Elementary SchoolAVONDALE, AZ · 941 students
Nearby schools
- West End Elementary School1.0 mi · 1,005
- West Central Elementary School1.7 mi · 595
- Alto Park Elementary School1.7 mi · 429
- Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center1.9 mi · 14
- Elm Street Elementary2.2 mi · 558
- Coosa Middle School3.9 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About Garden Lakes Elementary SchoolHow large is Garden Lakes Elementary School?
Garden Lakes Elementary School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Garden Lakes Elementary School serve?
Garden Lakes Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Garden Lakes Elementary School have?
Garden Lakes Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Garden Lakes Elementary School?
Student demographics at Garden Lakes Elementary School are roughly 59% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Garden Lakes Elementary School?
Garden Lakes Elementary School is overseen by Floyd County in Floyd County.
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