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Enrollment
908
Elementary
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA COUNTY·NCES 130141000611
Grovetown Elementary School
300 Ford Ave, Grovetown, GA 30813 · (706) 863-0800 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL908 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
13.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
607 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 29 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 156 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (156).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
43.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.2pp since 2021
Math
49.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.4% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 44.7% |
| 2022-23 | 39.1% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.2% | 38.1% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Grovetown Elementary School
Grovetown Elementary School's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grovetown Elementary School this school | 908 | 66.9% | 44.4% |
| Unity Grove Elementary School Locust Grove | 882 | 68.3% | 32.3% |
| Allgood Elementary School Dallas | 811 | 72.3% | 26.9% |
| Dewar Elementary Valdosta | 821 | 75.8% | 51.0% |
| Carrollton Upper Elementary Carrollton | 817 | 60.6% | 44.8% |
| Bay Creek Elementary School Loganville | 776 | 69.5% | 42.6% |
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 Grovetown Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #453 of 1,208 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #421 of 1,215 ▲ 81 | #17 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #387 of 1,215 ▲ 126 | #17 of 17 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #124 of 1,183 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 908 | #133 of 1,324 | #4 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #817 of 1,301 | #6 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #66 of 1,301 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #865 of 1,312 | #2 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #227 of 386 | #8 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
908
-31 (-3%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 908 | 65.1 | 13.9:1 | 67% (607) |
| 2023-24 | 975 | 66.5 | 14.7:1 | 68% (664) |
| 2022-23 | 979 | 65.6 | 14.9:1 | 55% (543) |
| 2020-21 | 939 | 61 | 15.4:1 | 48% (453) |
| 2017-18 | 841 | 56.8 | 14.8:1 | 59% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 64% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 673 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 64% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 599 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 55% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 585 | 32 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grovetown Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (841 to 908); teachers up 15% (56.8 to 65.1).
About Grovetown Elementary School
Grovetown Elementary School is a large elementary school in Grovetown, Georgia, one of the schools in Columbia County. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 908 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 50% above that.
Grovetown Elementary School belongs to Columbia County, a district of 31 schools and 28,964 students.
Enrollment at Grovetown Elementary School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 38%. Other reported shares: 28% White, 19% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. That compares with about 19% Black among all Columbia County residents. By the diversity index, Grovetown Elementary School comes in at 72%.
Dividing enrollment by its 65.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.9:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. Grovetown Elementary School reports 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Columbia County average 39%.
The allk12 Grade for Grovetown Elementary School is B+. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 67% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Grovetown Elementary School's results are 1.6 points above predicted: 44.4% against 42.8%.
Census estimates describe Columbia County this way: median household income is about $95,592, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Columbia County number 32 and enroll about 29,518.
Grovetown Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Grovetown Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Grovetown Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 939 to 908. The school's ratio fell from 15.4:1 to 13.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,434
Census ACS
Median income
$95,592
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
29,518 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbia County
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Greenbrier High SchoolHigh · 1,935 students
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Evans High SchoolHigh · 1,800 students
- Harlem High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
Other schools in Grovetown
- Grovetown High SchoolHigh · 2,256 students
- Grovetown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,060 students
- Baker Place ElementaryElementary · 958 students
- Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 903 students
- Euchee Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
Nearby schools
- Grovetown Middle School1.6 mi · 1,067
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,060
- Brookwood Elementary School3.5 mi · 559
- Columbia Middle School4.1 mi · 903
- Belair Elementary School4.2 mi · 675
- Baker Place Elementary4.3 mi · 958
Frequently asked questions
About Grovetown Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Grovetown Elementary School?
Grovetown Elementary School enrolls approximately 908 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Grovetown Elementary School serve?
Grovetown Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Grovetown Elementary School have?
Grovetown Elementary School employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Grovetown Elementary School?
Student demographics at Grovetown Elementary School are roughly 28% White, 19% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Grovetown Elementary School in?
Grovetown Elementary School is part of Columbia County.
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