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Level Grove Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Level Grove Elementary School
Located at 2525 Level Grove Rd, in Cornelia, Georgia, Level Grove Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus that instructs 591 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Habersham County.
Habersham County runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 7,257 students. Level Grove Elementary School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Level Grove Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 40% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, Level Grove Elementary School has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Level Grove Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 27.7%; actual is 45.2%, +17.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the surrounding community, Habersham County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,309, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Habersham County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,835 students), Level Grove Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is South Habersham Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Level Grove Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.9%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Level Grove Elementary School's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 624 (now 591). Over the same period, the White share declined from 65% to 50%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Habersham County at a glance
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