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Enrollment
1,232
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111003780
Little River Elem.
3170 Trickum Rd, Woodstock, GA 30188 · (770) 721-5940 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,232 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- C+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
15.1:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
383 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 | 21 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 197 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 206 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 187 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 178 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 224 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 219 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (197) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (219).
Student demographics
63%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
53.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
67.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 67.9% |
| 2023-24 | 58.8% | 64.1% |
| 2022-23 | 54.6% | 63.2% |
| 2021-22 | 55.2% | 64.6% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Little River Elem.
Little River Elem.'s state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little River Elem. this school | 1,232 | 31.1% | 60.4% |
| Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at Crossroad Dallas | 1,389 | 27.9% | 50.0% |
| Buford Senior Academy Buford | 1,368 | 36.8% | 67.1% |
| Woodstock Elementary School Woodstock | 1,187 | 39.8% | 49.6% |
| Roland W. Russom Elementary Dallas | 982 | 34.1% | 49.0% |
| Silver City Elementary School Cumming | 1,142 | 25.4% | 53.9% |
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 Little River Elem. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #193 of 1,208 | #7 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #153 of 1,215 ▲ 41 | #7 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #212 of 1,215 ▼ 23 | #7 of 23 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #673 of 1,183 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,232 | #24 of 1,324 | #1 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,120 of 1,301 | #23 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #376 of 1,301 | #6 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #1,175 of 1,312 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #551 of 854 | #8 of 11 |
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
1,232
-100 (-8%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 1,147
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 1,232 | 81.5 | 15.1:1 | 31% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 1,267 | 86 | 14.7:1 | 30% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 1,272 | 88.4 | 14.4:1 | 23% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 1,332 | 85 | 15.7:1 | 20% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 1,361 | 82 | 16.6:1 | 20% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 1,413 | 79 | 17.9:1 | 22% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 1,147 | 70 | 16.4:1 | 25% (292) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Little River Elem..
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,361 to 1,232); teachers down 1% (82 to 81.5).
About Little River Elem.
Little River Elem. is an elementary school in Woodstock, Georgia, according to federal school records. The school's enrollment of 1,232 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Within Cherokee County, Little River Elem. is one of 37 schools. The district enrolls 42,031 students.
White students account for 56% of enrollment at Little River Elem.. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 7% Black. Cherokee County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. Little River Elem. has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Little River Elem. employs 81.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.1:1. That ratio is over the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 31% in 2024-25.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Little River Elem. receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Little River Elem.'s average proficiency rate on state tests of 60.4% is within a point of the 61.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Cherokee County has about 281,032 residents, and median household income is about $108,115, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Cherokee County number 38 and enroll about 42,642.
The next-closest public school is River Ridge High School, about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Little River Elem.. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Little River Elem. ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Little River Elem. has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,332 in 2020-21 and 1,232 in 2024-25, a decrease of 100 students.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Woodstock
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
- E. T. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,675 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,476 students
- Woodstock Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,187 students
Other Little River Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Little River Elementary. Little River Elem. is the largest of the 4.
- Little River ElementarySouth Riding, VA · 701 students
- LITTLE RIVER ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 355 students
- Little River ElementaryDurham, NC · 326 students
Nearby schools
- River Ridge High School0.8 mi · 1,902
- Mill Creek Middle School0.9 mi · 1,476
- Arnold Mill Elementary School2.0 mi · 767
- Johnston Elementary School2.1 mi · 543
- Davis Elementary School2.3 mi · 635
- Woodstock Elementary School2.7 mi · 1,187
Frequently asked questions
About Little River Elem.What is the total enrollment at Little River Elem.?
Little River Elem. enrolls approximately 1,232 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Little River Elem. serve?
Little River Elem. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Little River Elem.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Little River Elem. is approximately 15.1:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Little River Elem.?
At Little River Elem., the student body is approximately 56% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Little River Elem. public or private?
Little River Elem. is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.