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Which teacher or staff member at Luella Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282003408
Luella Elementary School
575 Walker Dr, Locust Grove, GA 30248 · (770) 288-2035 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
436 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
39%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
32.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.1pp since 2021
Math
24.4%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.3% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 21.5% |
| 2022-23 | 30.8% | 30.5% |
| 2021-22 | 29.2% | 28.9% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Luella Elementary School
Luella Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luella Elementary School this school | 616 | 70.8% | 28.8% |
| Bethlehem Elementary School Locust Grove | 630 | 70.6% | 25.0% |
| Chapel Hill Elementary School Douglasville | 620 | 69.2% | 32.5% |
| Locust Grove Elementary School Locust Grove | 576 | 75.0% | 29.7% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary McDonough | 712 | 74.7% | 21.9% |
| Southfield Elementary School Macon | 630 | 73.7% | 15.6% |
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 Luella Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #836 of 1,208 | #15 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #979 of 1,215 ▲ 32 | #21 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #657 of 1,215 ▲ 150 | #8 of 28 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #370 of 1,183 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #558 of 1,324 | #14 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #928 of 1,301 | #12 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #972 of 1,301 | #25 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #824 of 1,312 | #15 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #757 of 854 | #18 of 19 |
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
616
+57 (+10%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 616 | 43.1 | 14.3:1 | 71% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 31.6 | 20.6:1 | 75% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 39.5 | 16.2:1 | 57% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 42 | 13.3:1 | 48% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 45 | 14.2:1 | 53% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 55% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 46% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luella Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (640 to 616); teachers down 4% (45 to 43.1).
About Luella Elementary School
Federal records list Luella Elementary School as an elementary school in Locust Grove, Georgia. It reports enrollment of 616 students in pre-K through 5.
Besides Luella Elementary School, Henry County runs 52 other schools. The district enrolls 43,012 students.
The largest group at Luella Elementary School is Black students, at 77%. Other students are 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% White. By comparison, Henry County residents are about 52% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Luella Elementary School scores 39%.
The school's 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Income data for the school show 71% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Henry County is 63%.
Luella Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Luella Elementary School would be expected to post about 40.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.8%.
In the wider Henry County area, the median household earns about $83,146 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Henry County, 54 public schools serve about 43,102 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Luella High School, is the closest to Luella Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Luella Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Luella Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
A 10% increase took enrollment from 559 in 2020-21 to 616 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Luella High School0.2 mi · 1,236
- Luella Middle School0.6 mi · 849
- Bethlehem Elementary School3.0 mi · 630
- Rocky Creek Elementary3.0 mi · 696
- Hampton Middle School3.1 mi · 752
- Hampton High School3.4 mi · 1,165
Frequently asked questions
About Luella Elementary SchoolHow large is Luella Elementary School?
Luella Elementary School enrolls approximately 616 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Luella Elementary School serve?
Luella Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Luella Elementary School have?
Luella Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Luella Elementary School?
At Luella Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 9% Hispanic, 77% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Luella Elementary School?
Luella Elementary School is overseen by Henry County in Henry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.