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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Mission Road Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
598
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTOW COUNTY·NCES 130033001940
Mission Road Elementary School
1100 Mission Rd SW, Cartersville, GA 30120 · (770) 606-5863 · Bartow County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
417 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 49 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 14% |
Student demographics
65%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
35.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.8pp since 2021
Math
46.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.4% | 57.4% |
| 2022-23 | 41.3% | 47.2% |
| 2021-22 | 38.7% | 52.5% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 →
Where Mission Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bartow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #407 of 1,208 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #492 of 1,215 | #9 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #565 of 1,215 | #9 of 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.6pp | #154 of 1,183 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #606 of 1,324 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #1,101 of 1,301 | #14 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #318 of 1,301 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.7% | #836 of 1,312 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.1% | #53 of 386 | #2 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
598
+158 (+36%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 520
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 598 | 39.8 | 15.0:1 | 70% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 29.5 | 14.5:1 | 68% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 31.5 | 14.0:1 | 57% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 55% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 33.8 | 13.5:1 | 56% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 62% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 57% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 38 | 19.7:1 | 26% (193) |
| 1990-91 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Road Elementary School.
About Mission Road Elementary School
Located in Cartersville, Georgia, Mission Road Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 598 students in pre-K through 5.
Bartow County, which runs Mission Road Elementary School, has 19 schools and 14,019 students.
More than half of enrollment at Mission Road Elementary School is White: 51%. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 7% multiracial. Bartow County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mission Road Elementary School scores 65%.
Its staff includes 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.0 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. Mission Road Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 70%. It compares with 62% for public schools in Bartow County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Mission Road Elementary School would be expected to post about 41.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.5%.
For the population of Bartow County, the median household earns about $82,243 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Bartow County, 23 public schools serve about 18,705 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Euharlee Elementary School, is about 3.0 miles. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Mission Road Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
Mission Road Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 440 (2020-21) to 598 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.8:1 to 15.0:1.
The allk12 page for Mission Road Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 schools in Cartersville
- Cartersville Primary SchoolElementary · 1,507 students
- Cartersville High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Cartersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,081 students
- Cass Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Hamilton Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Euharlee Elementary School3.0 mi · 574
- Woodland Middle School at Euharlee3.0 mi · 696
- Cartersville Middle School3.8 mi · 1,081
- Cartersville Elementary School3.9 mi · 629
- Woodland High School3.9 mi · 1,456
- Kingston Elementary School4.8 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Road Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mission Road Elementary School?
Mission Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 598 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mission Road Elementary School serve?
Mission Road Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mission Road Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Mission Road Elementary School.
How diverse is Mission Road Elementary School?
Mission Road Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Mission Road Elementary School in?
Mission Road Elementary School is part of Bartow County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.