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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAWSON COUNTY·NCES 130165002536
Kilough Elementary School
1063 Kilough Church Rd, Dawsonville, GA 30534 · (706) 216-8595 · Dawson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- FThree-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
14.4:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
235 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Kilough Elementary School→Dawson County Middle School→Dawson County Junior High→Dawson County High School
Based on grade levels within Dawson County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
40.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.9pp since 2021
Math
35.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -22.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 23 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.8% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 45.8% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 52.6% |
| 2021-22 | 47.8% | 58.0% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Kilough Elementary School
Kilough Elementary School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilough Elementary School this school | 461 | 51.0% | 44.2% |
| Battlefield Elementary School Fort Oglethorpe | 426 | 49.8% | 40.2% |
| Ringgold Elementary School Ringgold | 445 | 56.0% | 42.4% |
| Armuchee Elementary School Armuchee | 401 | 54.9% | 52.6% |
| Armuchee Primary School Rome | 480 | 55.6% | N/A |
| Oglethorpe Point Elementary School Saint Simons Island | 486 | 44.0% | 73.7% |
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 Kilough Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #459 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #725 of 1,215 ▼ 239 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #450 of 1,215 ▼ 70 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.8pp | #4 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #949 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #963 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #934 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #1,026 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #182 of 386 |
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
461
+68 (+17%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 461 | 31.9 | 14.4:1 | 51% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 55% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 45% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 42% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 47% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 25 | 14.7:1 | 51% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 36 | 11.8:1 | 43% (182) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kilough Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (417 to 461); teachers up 18% (27 to 31.9).
About Kilough Elementary School
Kilough Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Dawsonville, Georgia. Enrollment totals 461 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 24% below the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
The district for Kilough Elementary School is Dawson County, with 7 schools and 4,296 students.
About 75% of the student body at Kilough Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 86% of Dawson County residents are White. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Kilough Elementary School are from different groups.
Kilough Elementary School reports a ratio of 14.4 students per teacher, from 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Kilough Elementary School, 51% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Dawson County is similar, at 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Kilough Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 33% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The model predicts 51.0% for a school in Georgia with Kilough Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Kilough Elementary School posts 44.2%.
The school's county is Dawson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $92,991, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 7 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,296, Kilough Elementary School among them.
A public school about 4.0 miles away, Black's Mill Elementary School, is the closest to Kilough Elementary School. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Kilough Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.2% against a local average of 43.8%.
The NCES locale for Kilough Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment rose 17% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Kilough Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dawson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,242
Census ACS
Median income
$92,991
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
4,296 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dawson County
- Dawson County High SchoolHigh · 880 students
- Robinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Dawson County Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Dawson County Junior HighHigh · 603 students
- Black's Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 493 students
Other schools in Dawsonville
- Dawson County High SchoolHigh · 880 students
- Blackburn Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- Robinson Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Dawson County Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Dawson County Junior HighHigh · 603 students
- Black's Mill Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
Nearby schools
- Black's Mill Elementary School4.0 mi · 570
- Chestatee Elementary5.1 mi · 1,159
- Silver City Elementary School5.7 mi · 1,142
- Dawson County Middle School5.8 mi · 641
- Dawson County High School5.9 mi · 880
- Riverview Elementary School6.0 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About Kilough Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kilough Elementary School?
Kilough Elementary School enrolls approximately 461 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kilough Elementary School serve?
Kilough Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Kilough Elementary School have?
Kilough Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is Kilough Elementary School?
Kilough Elementary School reports a student body of 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Kilough Elementary School?
Kilough Elementary School is overseen by Dawson County in Dawson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.