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Alumni: what's one memory from Glanton-Hindsman Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 659 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY·NCES 130084003303
Glanton-Hindsman Elementary
118 Glanton St, Villa Rica, GA 30180 · (770) 459-4491 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
16.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
350 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 42 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
65%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
40.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.6pp since 2021
Math
39.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 39.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 41.1% |
| 2022-23 | 30.9% | 41.8% |
| 2021-22 | 30.8% | 37.4% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Glanton-Hindsman Elementary
Glanton-Hindsman Elementary's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glanton-Hindsman Elementary this school | 691 | 50.7% | 40.5% |
| Heard Elementary School Macon | 596 | 55.2% | 38.2% |
| Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts Savannah | 770 | 51.0% | 63.1% |
| Timber Ridge Elementary School McDonough | 713 | 46.6% | 45.1% |
| Ola Elementary School McDonough | 866 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| Burgess-Peterson Elementary School Atlanta | 580 | 48.4% | 63.1% |
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 Glanton-Hindsman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #542 of 1,208 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #631 of 1,215 ▼ 55 | #13 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #459 of 1,215 ▲ 97 | #8 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #329 of 1,183 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #387 of 1,324 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,258 of 1,301 | #13 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #301 of 1,301 | #6 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #1,032 of 1,312 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.8% | #229 of 386 | #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
691
+92 (+15%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 691 | 42.1 | 16.4:1 | 51% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 43.6 | 15.0:1 | 79% (520) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 41.3 | 17.1:1 | 65% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 60% (357) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 39.2 | 16.4:1 | 67% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 701 | 39 | 18.0:1 | 69% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 70% (455) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Glanton-Hindsman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (641 to 691); teachers up 7% (39.2 to 42.1).
About Glanton-Hindsman Elementary
Glanton-Hindsman Elementary is a public elementary school run by Carroll County in Villa Rica, Georgia. The school counts 691 students across pre-K through 5.
Carroll County has 24 schools; together they serve 16,400 students.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Glanton-Hindsman Elementary, at 47%. Enrollment also includes 33% White, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Carroll County, the Black share is about 19%. Glanton-Hindsman Elementary's diversity index is 65%, against a US figure of 70%.
Glanton-Hindsman Elementary counts 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.4 students for each one. This ratio sits 3.1 above the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 51% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
The allk12 Grade for Glanton-Hindsman Elementary is C+. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Glanton-Hindsman Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.5%; the prediction is 51.2%.
Among Carroll County residents, the median household income is $73,714, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides Glanton-Hindsman Elementary, Carroll County has 27 other public schools.
The closest public school, Villa Rica Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles from Glanton-Hindsman Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 7. On average proficiency, Glanton-Hindsman Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns Glanton-Hindsman Elementary the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 92 more students in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Glanton-Hindsman Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,569
Census ACS
Median income
$73,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
22,250 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County
- Villa Rica High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 991 students
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Ithica ElementaryElementary · 809 students
Other schools in Villa Rica
- Villa Rica High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ithica ElementaryElementary · 809 students
- Bay Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Mirror Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Villa Rica Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- New Georgia Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Villa Rica Elementary School0.9 mi · 513
- Villa Rica High School1.9 mi · 1,681
- Mirror Lake Elementary School2.0 mi · 554
- Bay Springs Middle School2.8 mi · 723
- Ithica Elementary3.8 mi · 809
- Mason Creek Middle School4.8 mi · 853
Frequently asked questions
About Glanton-Hindsman ElementaryHow many students attend Glanton-Hindsman Elementary?
Glanton-Hindsman Elementary enrolls approximately 691 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Glanton-Hindsman Elementary serve?
Glanton-Hindsman Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Glanton-Hindsman Elementary have?
Glanton-Hindsman Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Glanton-Hindsman Elementary?
At Glanton-Hindsman Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 11% Hispanic, 47% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Glanton-Hindsman Elementary?
Glanton-Hindsman Elementary is overseen by Carroll County in Carroll County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.