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Enrollment
890
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111000435
Hickory Flat Elementary School
2755 E Cherokee Dr, Canton, GA 30115 · (770) 704-1444 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL890 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.0:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
147 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 21 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
57%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
62.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.6pp since 2021
Math
76.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 76.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 72.4% |
| 2022-23 | 60.8% | 72.3% |
| 2021-22 | 57.3% | 65.6% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Hickory Flat Elementary School
Hickory Flat Elementary School's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Flat Elementary School this school | 890 | 16.5% | 66.3% |
| Simpson Elementary School Peachtree Corners | 881 | 17.6% | 81.9% |
| River Ridge Elementary Evans | 789 | 21.4% | 79.0% |
| Ashford Park Elementary School Atlanta | 757 | 14.8% | 71.8% |
| Parkway Elementary School Evans | 795 | 19.6% | 75.3% |
| Montgomery Elementary School Brookhaven | 728 | 14.7% | 72.2% |
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 Hickory Flat Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #131 of 1,208 | #2 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #73 of 1,215 ▲ 33 | #1 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #115 of 1,215 ▲ 30 | #1 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #198 of 1,183 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 890 | #144 of 1,324 | #11 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,090 of 1,301 | #22 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #605 of 1,301 | #11 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.5% | #1,254 of 1,312 | #24 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +67.0% | #11 of 386 | #2 of 12 |
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
890
+145 (+19%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 890 | 59.4 | 15.0:1 | 17% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 924 | 61 | 15.2:1 | 18% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 910 | 58.1 | 15.7:1 | 11% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 745 | 46 | 16.2:1 | 12% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 33.5 | 15.9:1 | 14% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 525 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 987 | 56 | 17.6:1 | 30% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 1,021 | 55 | 18.6:1 | 11% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 27 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hickory Flat Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 67% (533 to 890); teachers up 77% (33.5 to 59.4).
About Hickory Flat Elementary School
Among the schools in Canton, Georgia, is Hickory Flat Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 890 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 47% above the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
The Cherokee County system has 37 schools and 42,031 students.
The largest group at Hickory Flat Elementary School is White students, at 63%. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among people living in Cherokee County, the White share is about 76%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hickory Flat Elementary School scores 57%.
A staff of 59.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.0:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 17%. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Cherokee County is 20 points.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Hickory Flat Elementary School outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Hickory Flat Elementary School scores 66.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 68.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Cherokee County show that median household income comes to about $108,115, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 38, with about 42,642 students.
Dean Rusk Middle School sits about 0.2 miles from Hickory Flat Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hickory Flat Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Hickory Flat Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Hickory Flat Elementary School had a net gain of 145 students, or 19%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.2:1 to 15.0:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for Hickory Flat Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Canton
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Teasley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,586 students
- Dean Rusk Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,543 students
- Creekland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,503 students
Other Hickory Flat Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hickory Flat Elementary. Hickory Flat Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Hickory Flat Elementary SchoolMcDonough, GA · 560 students
Nearby schools
- Dean Rusk Middle School0.2 mi · 1,543
- Sequoyah High School0.3 mi · 2,021
- Mountain Road Elementary School2.4 mi · 370
- Holly Springs Elementary School2.8 mi · 831
- Indian Knoll Elementary2.9 mi · 881
- Avery Elementary School3.4 mi · 1,104
Frequently asked questions
About Hickory Flat Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hickory Flat Elementary School?
Hickory Flat Elementary School enrolls approximately 890 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hickory Flat Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hickory Flat Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hickory Flat Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hickory Flat Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hickory Flat Elementary School?
At Hickory Flat Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Hickory Flat Elementary School?
Hickory Flat Elementary School is overseen by Cherokee County in Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.