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Graysville Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Graysville Elementary School
As a mid-tier primary school in Ringgold, Georgia, Graysville Elementary School enrolls 548 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Catoosa County.
Catoosa County comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 10,134 students; Graysville Elementary School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Graysville Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder breaks down as 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Graysville Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Catoosa County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Graysville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of -3.6 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Catoosa County) logs that median household earnings sit near $74,639, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Catoosa County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,134 students), Graysville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Boynton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Graysville Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 45.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Looking at the recent track record. Graysville Elementary School's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 514 (now 548).
Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Catoosa County at a glance
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