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If you could change one rule at Kingston Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTOW COUNTY·NCES 130033000189
Kingston Elementary School
240 Hardin Bridge Rd, Kingston, GA 30145 · (770) 606-5850 · Bartow County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
345 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
28.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.3pp since 2021
Math
32.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.1% | 32.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.9% | 34.7% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 29.4% |
| 2021-22 | 24.8% | 21.9% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Kingston Elementary School
Kingston Elementary School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Elementary School this school | 473 | 72.9% | 30.1% |
| St. Simons Elementary School Saint Simons Island | 462 | 69.0% | 62.2% |
| Garden Lakes Elementary School Rome | 536 | 71.5% | 58.5% |
| Sam D. Panter Elementary School Hiram | 506 | 70.6% | 42.1% |
| Maysville Elementary School Maysville | 468 | 78.4% | 41.0% |
| Greer Elementary School Brunswick | 599 | 73.8% | 60.9% |
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 Kingston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bartow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #802 of 1,208 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #808 of 1,215 ▼ 74 | #14 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #790 of 1,215 ▼ 35 | #14 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #264 of 1,183 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #919 of 1,324 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #164 of 1,301 | #2 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #505 of 1,301 | #7 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #798 of 1,312 | #3 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #582 of 854 | #3 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
473
-12 (-2%) vs 2020
+88% since 1990-91, when it was 252
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 473 | 41.7 | 11.3:1 | 73% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 43.4 | 13.2:1 | 77% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 68% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 74% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 82% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 81% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 80% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 53% (293) |
| 1990-91 | 252 | 22 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (518 to 473); teachers up 2% (41 to 41.7).
About Kingston Elementary School
Kingston Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Kingston, Georgia. Total enrollment is 473 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 22% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
The 19 schools in Bartow County enroll 14,019 students altogether, Kingston Elementary School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Kingston Elementary School is 58% White. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 5% multiracial. Bartow County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. At Kingston Elementary School, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Bartow County report 62%.
A school with Kingston Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 39.7%. Kingston Elementary School scores 30.1%, 9.6 points below that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bartow County show that the median household earns about $82,243 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Bartow County has 23 public schools with about 18,705 students, including Kingston Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Cass Middle School is about 4.2 miles from Kingston Elementary School. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 30.1% is below the 47.6% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 485 to 473. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.3:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Kingston Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Bartow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,113
Census ACS
Median income
$82,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
18,705 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bartow County
- Cass High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Adairsville High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Cass Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Adairsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Adairsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
Other Kingston Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 14 states are named Kingston Elementary. Kingston Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 15.
- Kingston ElementaryHesperia, CA · 808 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolBenton, LA · 768 students
- Kingston ElementaryKingston, TN · 736 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolBerea, KY · 608 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolKingston, OK · 601 students
Nearby schools
- Cass Middle School4.2 mi · 917
- Hamilton Crossing Elementary School4.4 mi · 653
- Euharlee Elementary School4.7 mi · 574
- Woodland Middle School at Euharlee4.7 mi · 696
- Mission Road Elementary School4.8 mi · 598
- Clear Creek Elementary School6.5 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About Kingston Elementary SchoolHow large is Kingston Elementary School?
Kingston Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kingston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kingston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Kingston Elementary School have?
Kingston Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Kingston Elementary School?
Kingston Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 21% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Kingston Elementary School?
Kingston Elementary School is overseen by Bartow County in Bartow County.
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