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How has Hendricks Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 691 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COBB COUNTY·NCES 130129000517
Hendricks Elementary School
5243 Meadows Rd, Powder Springs, GA 30127 · (770) 819-2387 · Cobb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- CThree-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
12.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
530 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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% . -1.7pp since 2021
Math
36.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.1pp 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 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 35.2% |
| 2022-23 | 37.6% | 36.4% |
| 2021-22 | 36.6% | 36.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Hendricks Elementary School
Hendricks Elementary School's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hendricks Elementary School this school | 538 | 98.5% | 35.0% |
| Westside Elementary School Warner Robins | 543 | 100.0% | 22.9% |
| Greene County Primary School Union Point | 582 | 100.0% | 34.7% |
| Dunwoody Springs Elementary School Atlanta | 548 | 100.0% | 38.7% |
| Dooly County Elementary School Pinehurst | 508 | 100.0% | 14.7% |
| Swint Elementary School Jonesboro | 544 | 100.0% | 24.2% |
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 Hendricks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cobb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #667 of 1,208 | #49 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #706 of 1,215 ▲ 14 | #52 of 72 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #593 of 1,215 ▼ 114 | #48 of 72 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #361 of 1,183 | #32 of 72 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #771 of 1,324 | #55 of 78 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #494 of 1,301 | #55 of 77 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #563 of 1,301 | #50 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #479 of 1,312 | #18 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #413 of 854 | #30 of 57 |
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
538
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 538 | 41.7 | 12.9:1 | 99% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 43.7 | 11.5:1 | 86% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 43.3 | 11.6:1 | 74% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 46 | 11.9:1 | 71% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 46.5 | 13.4:1 | 79% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 73% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 44 | 12.3:1 | 73% (396) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 53% (240) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 36 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hendricks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (623 to 538); teachers down 10% (46.5 to 41.7).
About Hendricks Elementary School
Federal records list Hendricks Elementary School as an elementary school in Powder Springs, Georgia. Federal data show 538 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Cobb County is the district for Hendricks Elementary School. It has 110 schools and 105,738 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hendricks Elementary School is 59% Black. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 7% White, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 27% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
Hendricks Elementary School has 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. On average, public schools in Cobb County report 53%.
Hendricks Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Hendricks Elementary School scores 35.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 26.4%.
In the surrounding county, Cobb County, the median household earns about $102,738 a year, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Cobb County has 129 public schools with about 116,609 students, including Hendricks Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Garrett Middle School, is about 1.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Hendricks Elementary School ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Hendricks Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 546 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 538. Students per teacher increased from 11.9 in 2020-21 to 12.9 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Hendricks Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Cobb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
775,208
Census ACS
Median income
$102,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
116,609 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cobb County
- Campbell High SchoolHigh · 3,085 students
- Osborne High SchoolHigh · 2,790 students
- Walton High SchoolHigh · 2,705 students
- Pebblebrook High SchoolHigh · 2,574 students
- North Cobb High SchoolHigh · 2,463 students
- Wheeler High SchoolHigh · 2,401 students
Other schools in Powder Springs
- Hillgrove High SchoolHigh · 2,282 students
- McEachern High SchoolHigh · 2,175 students
- Lovinggood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,209 students
- Kemp Elementary SchoolElementary · 894 students
- Tapp Middle SchoolMiddle · 809 students
- Powder Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 805 students
Other Hendricks Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hendricks Elementary. Hendricks Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- HENDRICKS ELEMENTARYHENDRICKS, MN · 74 students
Nearby schools
- Garrett Middle School1.8 mi · 891
- Powder Springs Elementary School1.8 mi · 805
- Annette Winn Elementary School2.4 mi · 341
- Austell Elementary School2.4 mi · 367
- Cooper Middle School2.5 mi · 1,000
- Clarkdale Elementary School2.6 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About Hendricks Elementary SchoolHow large is Hendricks Elementary School?
Hendricks Elementary School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hendricks Elementary School serve?
Hendricks Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hendricks Elementary School have?
Hendricks Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hendricks Elementary School?
At Hendricks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 25% Hispanic, 59% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Hendricks Elementary School in?
Hendricks Elementary School is part of Cobb County.
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