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How has Holly Springs Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
831
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111002360
Holly Springs Elementary School
1965 Hickory Rd, Canton, GA 30115 · (770) 704-1420 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL831 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
14.8:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
357 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 | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
55%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
47.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.5pp since 2021
Math
55.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 47 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 55.7% |
| 2022-23 | 37.8% | 46.6% |
| 2021-22 | 40.9% | 47.4% |
% 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Holly Springs Elementary School
Holly Springs Elementary School's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs Elementary School this school | 831 | 43.0% | 50.1% |
| Chestnut Mountain Elementary School Flowery Branch | 918 | 41.4% | 46.9% |
| Liberty Elementary School Canton | 977 | 40.7% | 52.9% |
| Sand Hill Elementary School Carrollton | 733 | 45.4% | 48.4% |
| Central Elementary School Carrollton | 991 | 43.6% | 65.0% |
| Indian Knoll Elementary Canton | 881 | 35.3% | 57.9% |
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 Holly Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #348 of 1,208 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #311 of 1,215 ▲ 14 | #15 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #310 of 1,215 ▲ 87 | #12 of 23 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.2pp | #248 of 1,183 | #3 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 831 | #197 of 1,324 | #13 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,051 of 1,301 | #21 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #663 of 1,301 | #13 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #1,100 of 1,312 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #202 of 386 | #7 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
831
+115 (+16%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 831 | 56.1 | 14.8:1 | 43% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 775 | 58 | 13.4:1 | 45% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 744 | 54.5 | 13.7:1 | 36% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 38% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 759 | 54 | 14.1:1 | 43% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 954 | 57 | 16.7:1 | 40% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 1,274 | 71 | 17.9:1 | 33% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 46 | 18.9:1 | 19% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holly Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (759 to 831); teachers up 4% (54 to 56.1).
About Holly Springs Elementary School
Holly Springs Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Canton, Georgia, (ZIP code 30115). It enrolls 831 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 37% more students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
Cherokee County enrolls 42,031 students, and its 37 schools include Holly Springs Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Holly Springs Elementary School is White: 63%. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. The school's White share is 13 points below the 76% share among Cherokee County residents. The diversity index for Holly Springs Elementary School is 55%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 56.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Income data for the school show 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Holly Springs Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 60% of Georgia public elementary schools.
In Georgia, Holly Springs Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 50.1% actual against a predicted 55.1%.
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 about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cherokee County counts 38 public schools with about 42,642 students.
The closest school to Holly Springs Elementary School is Indian Knoll Elementary, located about 2.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Holly Springs Elementary School at 8th of 8.
Holly Springs Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 831 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 716. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.8:1 to 14.8:1 over the same years.
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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 Holly Springs Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Holly Springs Elementary. Holly Springs Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Holly Springs Elementary SchoolDouglasville, GA · 473 students
- Holly Springs ElementaryHolly Springs, NC · 751 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Knoll Elementary2.1 mi · 881
- Sequoyah High School2.4 mi · 2,021
- Hickory Flat Elementary School2.8 mi · 890
- Dean Rusk Middle School2.8 mi · 1,543
- Johnston Elementary School3.1 mi · 543
- Cherokee Charter Academy3.7 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Holly Springs Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Holly Springs Elementary School?
Holly Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 831 students in grades PK-05.
Is Holly Springs Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Holly Springs Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Holly Springs Elementary School have?
Holly Springs Elementary School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Holly Springs Elementary School?
Holly Springs Elementary School reports a student body of 63% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Holly Springs Elementary School in?
Holly Springs Elementary School is part of Cherokee County.
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