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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROUP COUNTY·NCES 130000100596
Hollis Hand Elementary School
641 Country Club Rd, LaGrange, GA 30240 · (706) 883-1580 · Troup County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
379 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 57 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
48.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.9pp since 2021
Math
60.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 63.1% |
| 2022-23 | 50.4% | 53.4% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 46.9% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Hollis Hand Elementary School
Hollis Hand Elementary School's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis Hand Elementary School this school | 579 | 65.5% | 55.5% |
| White Elementary School White | 562 | 68.0% | 43.3% |
| Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary Rockmart | 637 | 61.9% | 43.1% |
| New Hope Elementary Locust Grove | 621 | 58.8% | 45.2% |
| Lee County Primary School Leesburg | 635 | 62.4% | N/A |
| Saint Marys Elementary School Saint Marys | 623 | 59.1% | 61.2% |
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 Hollis Hand Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Troup County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #252 of 1,208 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #239 of 1,215 ▼ 27 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #289 of 1,215 ▲ 17 | #4 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #175 of 1,183 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #654 of 1,324 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #988 of 1,301 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #592 of 1,301 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #880 of 1,312 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #755 of 854 | #6 of 7 |
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
579
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 561
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 579 | 39.8 | 14.6:1 | 65% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 37.8 | 15.7:1 | 55% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 39.9 | 14.2:1 | 44% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 42% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 40% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 44% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 49% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 40% (222) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hollis Hand Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (602 to 579); teachers up 8% (37 to 39.8).
About Hollis Hand Elementary School
Hollis Hand Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in LaGrange, Georgia. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 579 students enrolled.
A total of 19 schools make up Troup County, with 12,262 students enrolled.
At Hollis Hand Elementary School, White students make up 60% of the student body. The remaining shares are 22% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Hollis Hand Elementary School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.6 students per teacher. That is 1.2 students per teacher above the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 65% of students. The average for public schools in Troup County is 92%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 43.5% for Hollis Hand Elementary School. The school posts 55.5%, 12.0 points above the prediction.
According to the American Community Survey, in Troup County, the median household income is $56,776, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Hollis Hand Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in the county.
LaGrange High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles of Hollis Hand Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 55.5% is above the 26.6% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 579 students in 2024-25, 32 fewer than the 611 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.6:1.
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Troup County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,330
Census ACS
Median income
$56,776
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
12,262 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troup County
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 1,399 students
- Troup County High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Long Cane Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Gardner-Newman Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Callaway High SchoolHigh · 930 students
- Franklin Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
Other schools in LaGrange
- LaGrange High SchoolHigh · 1,399 students
- Troup County High SchoolHigh · 1,272 students
- Long Cane Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Gardner-Newman Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Franklin Forest ElementaryElementary · 690 students
- Clearview Elementary SchoolElementary · 676 students
Nearby schools
- LaGrange High School1.4 mi · 1,399
- The Hope Academy School1.5 mi · 83
- Franklin Forest Elementary1.8 mi · 690
- Ethel W. Kight Elementary School2.0 mi · 656
- Berta Weathersbee Elementary School2.4 mi · 252
- Bradfield Center - Ault Academy2.7 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About Hollis Hand Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hollis Hand Elementary School?
Hollis Hand Elementary School enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hollis Hand Elementary School serve?
Hollis Hand Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hollis Hand Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Hollis Hand Elementary School.
How diverse is Hollis Hand Elementary School?
Hollis Hand Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 12% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hollis Hand Elementary School in?
Hollis Hand Elementary School is part of Troup County.
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