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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Hal Hutchens Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402003827
Hal Hutchens Elementary
586 Clonts Rd, Douglasville, GA 30134 · (678) 838-2683 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
436 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
68%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
34.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.4pp since 2021
Math
41.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 36.2% |
| 2022-23 | 34.4% | 33.1% |
| 2021-22 | 31.4% | 30.4% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Hal Hutchens Elementary
Hal Hutchens Elementary's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Hutchens Elementary this school | 613 | 71.1% | 36.4% |
| Bessie L. Baggett Elementary Powder Springs | 549 | 70.3% | 28.6% |
| Mason Creek Elementary School Winston | 513 | 67.8% | 41.0% |
| Timothy Elementary School Athens | 565 | 68.3% | 51.3% |
| Connie Dugan Elementary School Douglasville | 647 | 64.5% | 34.7% |
| Monroe Elementary Monroe | 605 | 79.2% | 31.9% |
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 Hal Hutchens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #630 of 1,208 | #11 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #595 of 1,215 ▲ 98 | #12 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #596 of 1,215 ▼ 67 | #11 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.2pp | #249 of 1,183 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #567 of 1,324 | #12 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #399 of 1,301 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #172 of 1,301 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #821 of 1,312 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #370 of 854 | #2 of 9 |
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
613
-44 (-7%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 613 | 49 | 12.5:1 | 71% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 643 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 72% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 49 | 13.0:1 | 61% (390) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 55% (359) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 49.4 | 14.6:1 | 50% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 53% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 41% (278) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hal Hutchens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (721 to 613); teachers down 1% (49.4 to 49).
About Hal Hutchens Elementary
Hal Hutchens Elementary is a public elementary school in Douglasville, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 613 students.
A total of 34 schools make up Paulding County, with 31,426 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Black students as the largest group at Hal Hutchens Elementary, at 42%. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 18% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among all residents of Paulding County, the Black share is about 23%. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.5:1, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Hal Hutchens Elementary is 71%. Across public schools in Paulding County, the average is 51%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Hal Hutchens Elementary would score about 40.6%. It scores 36.4%, 4.2 points below that figure.
Paulding County has these Census figures: the median household income is $98,031, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Paulding County is home to 34 public schools and about 31,426 public school students.
The next-closest public school is J. A. Dobbins Middle School, about 2.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Hal Hutchens Elementary is ahead of the 33.1% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Federal data place Hal Hutchens Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Hal Hutchens Elementary declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 657 to 613 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.7:1 to 12.5:1 over the same years.
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Paulding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,909
Census ACS
Median income
$98,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
31,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paulding County
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
Other schools in Douglasville
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Nearby schools
- J. A. Dobbins Middle School2.3 mi · 531
- Bessie L. Baggett Elementary2.5 mi · 549
- North Douglas Elementary School3.0 mi · 537
- Stewart Middle School3.3 mi · 533
- Irma C. Austin Middle School3.5 mi · 782
- South Paulding High School3.8 mi · 1,881
Frequently asked questions
About Hal Hutchens ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hal Hutchens Elementary?
Hal Hutchens Elementary enrolls approximately 613 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hal Hutchens Elementary serve?
Hal Hutchens Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hal Hutchens Elementary?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Hal Hutchens Elementary.
How diverse is Hal Hutchens Elementary?
Hal Hutchens Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 18% Hispanic, 42% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hal Hutchens Elementary in?
Hal Hutchens Elementary is part of Paulding County.
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