Model Elementary School

Model Elementary School is a modestly sized primary school in Rome, Georgia, overseen by Floyd County. The school instructs 501 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Floyd County comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,949 students; Model Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Model Elementary School reports that 79% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Model Elementary School records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Floyd County (around 75%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Model Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of +14.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Floyd County put the typical household earns roughly $65,565 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Model Elementary School is one of 25 public schools in Floyd County (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students).

Nearest neighbor: Model High, around 0.1 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Model Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Model Elementary School has edged down 9%, going from 552 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 91% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.