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Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FULTON COUNTY·NCES 130228002491
Hillside Elementary School
9250 Scott Rd, Roswell, GA 30076 · (470) 254-6362 · Fulton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
197 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 | 50 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Fulton County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
56.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.4pp since 2021
Math
54.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 54.9% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 60.1% |
| 2022-23 | 60.2% | 56.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.4% | 52.3% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Hillside Elementary School
Hillside Elementary School's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Elementary School this school | 497 | 39.6% | 56.4% |
| Laurel Ridge Elementary School Decatur | 440 | 39.5% | 55.2% |
| Addison Elementary School Marietta | 571 | 33.6% | 62.5% |
| Buford Elementary School Buford | 431 | 34.1% | N/A |
| River Eves Elementary School Roswell | 495 | 29.1% | 71.7% |
| Sagamore Hills Elementary School Atlanta | 428 | 30.4% | 58.3% |
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 Hillside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #241 of 1,208 | #34 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #321 of 1,215 ▼ 71 | #34 of 113 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #173 of 1,215 ▲ 4 | #34 of 113 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #455 of 1,183 | #64 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #860 of 1,324 | #72 of 120 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #133 of 1,301 | #33 of 118 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #50 of 1,301 | #8 of 118 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #1,124 of 1,312 | #87 of 119 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #720 of 854 | #80 of 92 |
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
497
-16 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 739
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
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 | 497 | 44.5 | 11.2:1 | 40% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 44.8 | 11.8:1 | 40% (210) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 45 | 11.9:1 | 33% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 25% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 42.2 | 12.3:1 | 36% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 53 | 12.2:1 | 58% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 52% (381) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (521 to 497); teachers up 5% (42.2 to 44.5).
About Hillside Elementary School
Hillside Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Roswell, Georgia. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 497 students.
Within Fulton County, Hillside Elementary School is one of 107 schools. The district enrolls 87,563 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Hillside Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 39%. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. For comparison, Fulton County is about 38% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.2 students per teacher. That is 2.2 students per teacher below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 40% of students. The 62% average for public schools in Fulton County is 22 points higher.
A school with Hillside Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 56.9%. Hillside Elementary School scores 56.4%, within a point of that line.
Fulton County census figures show that the median household income is $95,292, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Fulton County is home to 205 public schools and about 138,270 public school students.
The shortest distance from Hillside Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to Centennial High School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Hillside Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 16 fewer students in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,076,561
Census ACS
Median income
$95,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
205
138,270 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fulton County
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Alpharetta High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Milton High SchoolHigh · 1,999 students
- Langston Hughes High SchoolHigh · 1,891 students
- Johns Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,789 students
Other schools in Roswell
- Roswell High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 1,643 students
- Roswell North Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Crabapple Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- Elkins Pointe Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- International Charter School of AtlantaElementary · 846 students
Other Hillside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 16 states are named Hillside Elementary. Hillside Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 25.
- Hillside Elementary SchoolMONTCLAIR, NJ · 684 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolFARMINGTON HILLS, MI · 682 students
- Hillside ElementaryAshburn, VA · 656 students
- Hillside Elementary SchoolCLOSTER, NJ · 599 students
- Hillside ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 586 students
Nearby schools
- Centennial High School0.4 mi · 1,643
- Jackson Elementary School1.3 mi · 489
- Holcomb Bridge Middle School1.4 mi · 598
- Northwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 576
- River Eves Elementary School1.5 mi · 495
- Haynes Bridge Middle School2.2 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Hillside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hillside Elementary School?
Hillside Elementary School enrolls approximately 497 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hillside Elementary School serve?
Hillside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillside Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hillside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hillside Elementary School are roughly 39% White, 24% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Hillside Elementary School in?
Hillside Elementary School is part of Fulton County.
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