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Which teacher or staff member at Locust Grove Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282001214
Locust Grove Elementary School
95 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Locust Grove, GA 30248 · (770) 957-5416 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- AThree-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
13.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
432 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
43%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
30.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.2pp since 2021
Math
28.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 24.8% | 19.7% |
| 2021-22 | 20.5% | 16.2% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Locust Grove Elementary School
Locust Grove Elementary School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Grove Elementary School this school | 576 | 75.0% | 29.7% |
| Luella Elementary School Locust Grove | 616 | 70.8% | 28.8% |
| Heard Elementary School Savannah | 636 | 72.8% | 40.5% |
| Bethlehem Elementary School Locust Grove | 630 | 70.6% | 25.0% |
| Fairview Elementary School Stockbridge | 590 | 75.8% | 25.9% |
| Lorraine Elementary School Stockbridge | 571 | 73.2% | 35.8% |
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 Locust Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #810 of 1,208 | #11 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #886 of 1,215 ▲ 50 | #14 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #698 of 1,215 ▲ 141 | #10 of 28 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.4pp | #92 of 1,183 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #663 of 1,324 | #16 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #544 of 1,301 | #5 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #895 of 1,301 | #21 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #777 of 1,312 | #11 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.6% | #55 of 386 | #1 of 9 |
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
576
+83 (+17%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 576 | 44.1 | 13.1:1 | 75% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 41.5 | 14.4:1 | 76% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 35.5 | 16.0:1 | 62% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 57% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 34.5 | 12.8:1 | 69% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 67% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 61% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 30% (236) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 35 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Locust Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (441 to 576); teachers up 28% (34.5 to 44.1).
About Locust Grove Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Locust Grove Elementary School serves students in Locust Grove, Georgia. It teaches 576 students in pre-K through 5.
Locust Grove Elementary School belongs to Henry County, a district of 53 schools and 43,012 students.
Black students are 74% of those enrolled at Locust Grove Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 11% White, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Henry County's population at about 52%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
For every teacher at Locust Grove Elementary School, there are about 13.1 students; the school has 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 75%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Henry County.
On the allk12 Grade, Locust Grove Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 30% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Locust Grove Elementary School is -8.9 points: 29.7% actual, 38.6% predicted.
In Henry County, home to about 249,960 people, median household income comes to about $83,146, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 54 public schools in the county, enrolling about 43,102, Locust Grove Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Locust Grove Elementary School is Locust Grove Middle, located about 3.0 miles away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Locust Grove Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Locust Grove Elementary School is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place Locust Grove Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 493 to 576, a 17% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.4:1 to 13.1:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in Locust Grove
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Luella High SchoolHigh · 1,236 students
- Locust Grove MiddleMiddle · 1,010 students
- Unity Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 882 students
- Luella Middle SchoolMiddle · 849 students
- Bethlehem Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
Other Locust Grove Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Locust Grove Elementary. Locust Grove Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Locust Grove Elementary SchoolCrestwood, KY · 594 students
- Locust Grove ElementaryLocust Grove, VA · 519 students
- Locust Grove Elementary SchoolYork, PA · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Locust Grove Middle3.0 mi · 1,010
- Locust Grove High3.1 mi · 1,572
- Unity Grove Elementary School3.2 mi · 882
- Bethlehem Elementary School3.7 mi · 630
- Tussahaw Elementary3.8 mi · 886
- Luella Elementary School5.8 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Locust Grove Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Locust Grove Elementary School?
Locust Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Locust Grove Elementary School serve?
Locust Grove Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Locust Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Locust Grove Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Locust Grove Elementary School?
Student demographics at Locust Grove Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 8% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Locust Grove Elementary School in?
Locust Grove Elementary School is part of Henry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.